tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Phil Tracy) (09/29/90)
I have investigated the PCRoute program (in fact, just posted a message detailing how to get), but find that I myself need something similar, but which will pull TCP-IP data off of our IBM Token Ring (OS/2 Lan server for the networking software) and pass it on to a Cisco box. The in-between-router (I don't know a better term -- feel free to correct me) obviously has to be physically part of the Ring, and so will require at least 1 token adapter card; as for the other half, I am happy to go either Token Ring, or Ethernet out to the Cisco box--the Cisco already has a Token Ring card, but it needs replacing anyhow. (the current card is 4 mbps, and our ring is 16 mbps.) I appreciate any suggestions on software which would do this for me. Additionally, I understand from some research, that there may be a way to have some other machine (maybe our file server) do the routing to the Cisco box, rather than dedicating another machine to do it. I would also appreciate any suggestions on this front. Thanks, Phil Tracy tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (312) 908-1536 Academic Computing & Network Services Northwestern University
rick@ut-emx.uucp (Rick Watson) (10/03/90)
In article <225@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>, tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Phil Tracy) writes: > I have investigated the PCRoute program (in fact, just posted a message > detailing how to get), but find that I myself need something similar, but > which will pull TCP-IP data off of our IBM Token Ring (OS/2 Lan server > for the networking software) and pass it on to a Cisco box. > I've used ka9q with packet drivers very successfully to route IP betwen a token-ring and etheret. I believe there is also a version of pcroute around that supports packet drivers. I believe that cisco will be announcing a 16M token ring board sometime. Using a cisco to route (and/or source-route bridge) a token-ring (currently 4M) works great too. Rick Watson The University of Texas Computation Center, 512/471-3241 internet: rick@digate.cc.utexas.edu bitnet: watson@utadnx uucp: ...!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!rick span: utspan::utadnx::watson
meyer@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Don Meyer) (10/04/90)
rick@ut-emx.uucp (Rick Watson) writes: >In article <225@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>, tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Phil Tracy) writes: >> I have investigated the PCRoute program (in fact, just posted a message >> detailing how to get), but find that I myself need something similar, but >> which will pull TCP-IP data off of our IBM Token Ring (OS/2 Lan server >> for the networking software) and pass it on to a Cisco box. >> >I've used ka9q with packet drivers very successfully to route IP betwen a token-ring and etheret. But are you using the packet drivers on a network with DOS Lan Requestors for the LAN Server network? I have tried this, and although using the most up-to- date drivers at the time (July) I was unable to start both the packet driver and the DOS Lan Requestor at the same time. Has anyone else had better luck with this approach? Don +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Don Meyer internet: dlmeyer@uiuc.edu "He who restricts another's right to self-defense is accomplice to any crime committed because of the lack of self defense."
jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden) (10/10/90)
In article <1990Oct3.170100.29653@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> meyer@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Don Meyer) writes: >rick@ut-emx.uucp (Rick Watson) writes: > >>In article <225@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>, tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Phil Tracy) writes: >>> I have investigated the PCRoute program (in fact, just posted a message >>> detailing how to get), but find that I myself need something similar, but >>> which will pull TCP-IP data off of our IBM Token Ring (OS/2 Lan server >>> for the networking software) and pass it on to a Cisco box. >>> > >>I've used ka9q with packet drivers very successfully to route IP betwen >a token-ring and etheret. > >But are you using the packet drivers on a network with DOS Lan Requestors for >the LAN Server network? I have tried this, and although using the most up-to- >date drivers at the time (July) I was unable to start both the packet driver >and the DOS Lan Requestor at the same time. Has anyone else had better luck >with this approach? Have you tried using the MS-DOS NDIS drivers that IBM released in September for MS-Net along with FTP's dis_pkt.dos NDIS packet driver interface? -- John Robert Breeden, netcom!jbreeden@apple.com, apple!netcom!jbreeden, ATTMAIL:!jbreeden ------------------------------------------------------------------- "The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from. If you don't like any of them, you just wait for next year's model."
meyer@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Don Meyer) (10/10/90)
jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden) writes: >In article <1990Oct3.170100.29653@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> meyer@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Don Meyer) writes: >> >>But are you using the packet drivers on a network with DOS Lan Requestors for >>the LAN Server network? I have tried this, and although using the most up-to- >>date drivers at the time (July) I was unable to start both the packet driver >>and the DOS Lan Requestor at the same time. Has anyone else had better luck >>with this approach? >Have you tried using the MS-DOS NDIS drivers that IBM released in September >for MS-Net along with FTP's dis_pkt.dos NDIS packet driver interface? No, I hadn't even heard of it -- I'll have to scold the local IBM rep. BTW, I'm not using FTP's packet drivers. Rather I _was_ using the Clarkson packet drivers with NCSA telnet 2.3betas, and was having excellent luck -- until we switched to IBM LAN Server. Now we're relegated back to the old IBM DOS TCP/IP suite. (Yecchh! :-) >-- > John Robert Breeden, > netcom!jbreeden@apple.com, apple!netcom!jbreeden, ATTMAIL:!jbreeden +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Don Meyer internet: dlmeyer@uiuc.edu "He who restricts another's right to self-defense is accomplice to any crime committed because of the lack of self defense."