[comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc] Running Banyan and NCSA at same time

ALC@psuvm.psu.edu (04/11/90)

Has anybody been successful in running NCSA Telnet (or any TCP/IP program)
under Banyan netword software? We're trying to find a similar solution
to the Novel-TCP/IP solution which patched Novel to allow it to run
under Packet spec driver. Is there a similar driver for Vines? Thanks

jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden) (04/11/90)

In article <90100.130843ALC@psuvm.psu.edu> ALC@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>Has anybody been successful in running NCSA Telnet (or any TCP/IP program)
>under Banyan netword software? We're trying to find a similar solution
>to the Novel-TCP/IP solution which patched Novel to allow it to run
>under Packet spec driver. Is there a similar driver for Vines? Thanks

Banyan ships a driver they call the "raw" driver. It will allow both Vines
and (I know) FTP to run on the same card. 

I dumped the raw driver and it has an FTP copyright on it, so I assume it
might be (though I don't know) a packet driver. Someone else out there may
know (James?).
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jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden) (04/11/90)

In article <90100.130843ALC@psuvm.psu.edu> ALC@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>Has anybody been successful in running NCSA Telnet (or any TCP/IP program)
>under Banyan netword software? We're trying to find a similar solution
>to the Novel-TCP/IP solution which patched Novel to allow it to run
>under Packet spec driver. Is there a similar driver for Vines? Thanks


The name of the program that allows this is EBANYAN.EXE. I don't know if it
is distributed by Banyan or FTP but it appears to operate like a Packet
Driver to Vines adapter (you first load all of Vines, then load ebanyan). At
that point FTP V2.03 or 2.04 will run concurrent with Vines (3.01 Patch Level
6).

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 John Robert Breeden, 
 netcom!jbreeden@apple.com, apple!netcom!jbreeden, ATTMAIL:!jbreeden
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 "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."

jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM (James Van Bokkelen) (04/11/90)

We've had a version of PC/TCP that shares the interface with VINES
since early 1988.  Presently, there are two: Our part PC-215 sends
native Ethernet IP packet, and work with any Ethernet VINES driver
newer than 2.10.  Banyan sells another version, which sends IP packets
encapsulated in VINES IPC datagrams, and requires the IP router option
on the VINES servers, so they can re-encapsulate the packets in the
correct native IP framing when they leave the VINES subnet.  This is
useful if you have networks which IP doesn't normally use, but it is
a bit slower than the native Ethernet version.

I don't know of anyone else who has supported either driver-sharing
interface.

James B. VanBokkelen		26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA  01880
FTP Software Inc.		voice: (617) 246-0900  fax: (617) 246-0901

jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM (James Van Bokkelen) (04/11/90)

The files we supply for Banyan's DOS TCP/IP on the workstation include
IFCUST.SYS, IPCUST.SYS and IBANYAN.EXE.  We talk directly to the VINES
interface, we didn't write a packet-driver converter...

James B. VanBokkelen		26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA  01880
FTP Software Inc.		voice: (617) 246-0900  fax: (617) 246-0901