[comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc] Windows3.0, packet drivers, and TCP/IP packages

upl@gumby.cs.wisc.edu (Undergrad Projects Lab) (08/09/90)

I'm sure that this stuff has been beaten to death in this news group.  Sorry
for asking again, but I don't have the necessary info.  I'm interested in using
TCP/IP software under windows 3.0.  I'm currently on a Novell 386 LAN and 
windows is already usable to that environment.  What I want to do, though is
use the packet drivers to load up windows on my file server, and also be able 
to use the workstation to speak normal TCP/IP to rest of the world.  

Now, except for the windows part, I can do all of that.  In fact it's easy.  But
now I've got windows, and I'm having a difficult time.  What I'm interested in 
is two-fold.  First of all running TCP/IP under windows and the packet drivers.
I have used NOS, NCSA, PC/TCP and PCIP.  If there is a way for any of these 
packages to work under windows, I could sure use some guidance.

Second, when I load windows over the network using the packet drivers, I get
the following message:
	VIPX:  Device load failed.
	       IPX is not installed or not the right version.
	
	Press any key to continue ...
Since I'm running the BYU ipx for the packet drivers, and windows 3.0 expects
to be run in a Novell 3.1 environment, it isn't surprising that I get this
message.  Even though windows complains, it works anyway!  However, I don't want
to bet my farm on this thing working, so is there an IPXPKT which is taylored 
for use under windows 3.0?

As always, your abundant help is greatly appreciated.
- Mark.

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