31005_1650@uwovax.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell 1-519-661-3714) (07/24/90)
I am having a problem with packets drivers and Wollongongs' WIN/TCP for Dos. I have been using the IPXPKT driver from the clarkson collection. The driver works great with KA9Q nos. If I try to use the packet driver with TWG software, it does not work. WIN/TCP is suppose to use packet drivers. I turned on the trace function in KA9Q nos. It can see that TWG is sending packets ok, but TWG is not receiving them ok. PING.EXE gives me errors saying that data is garbled, and ' that the sequence numbers are out of sequence. Is there something special in getting packet drivers to work with TWG? I am running Win/TCP for DOS 4.1.1 01/18/90 -- .......................................................................... . Mark Bramwell, VE3PZR . . . . The University of Western Ontario Bitnet: MBRAMWEL@UWO.CA . . School of Business Administration Packet: VE3PZR @ VE3GYQ . . London, Ontario, N6A 3K7 Phone: (519) 661-3714 . ..........................................................................
ljm@OBELIX.TWG.COM (07/25/90)
>I am having a problem with packets drivers and Wollongongs' WIN/TCP for Dos >...PING.EXE gives me errors saying that data is garbled, and that the >sequence numbers are out of sequence. > >Is there something special in getting packet drivers to work with TWG? > >I am running Win/TCP for DOS 4.1.1 01/18/90 In the default configuration (RAM size/Performance compromise) it is a packet shy when using the packet driver interface so PING is dropping every other packet. You need to add an extra packet buffer (done in the custom.exe menu) or upgrade to WIN/TCP for DOS 4.1.2 (shipping for about 2 months now) which automagically fixes the problem. enjoy, leo j mclauglin iii Manager of Microcomputer Networking The Wollongong Group ljm@twg.com
fks@VAX.FTP.COM (Frances Selkirk) (07/25/90)
I believe the IPXPKT is a class 11 packet driver. Companies that say they run with packet drivers generally mean class 1 (DIX Ethernet) packet drivers, as these have historically been the only ones around. This changed with the introduction of the SLIP driver, which is class 6, but people still tend to think of all packet drivers as using the same interface, when, in fact, the interface to a packet driver changes with any change in how the packet header is structured. KA9Q seems to have expanded support to new classes of packet driver very quickly. Frances Kirk Selkirk info@ftp.com (617) 246-0900 FTP Software, Inc. 26 Princess Street, Wakefield, MA 01880