aland@infmx.UUCP (Dr. Scump) (02/14/90)
I'd like to hear from any sites who have networked 386 UNIX boxes
(running System V/386 Release 3.2+, whether AT&T, 386/ix, SCO UNIX,
or whatever) with pre-existing UNIX ethernet setups, especially
if the Wollongong WIN/tcp for Streams product was used.
My objective: adding some AT&T 386 UNIX boxes to our existing
network (uses "thinnet" ethernet cable, if that makes a difference),
which consists primarily of Sun and Pyramid boxes. I know that
the Micom/Interlan product that AT&T sells works, but I'd like
to set it up using more standard network cards (like 3Com 3C503
or WD 8003E) such that the same card can be used for UNIX-UNIX
or DOS-UNIX (e.g. Sun's PC-NFS) use.
On a related note, I'd also like to hear from anybody using the
AT&T EN100 card with the WIN/tcp software (PE Code 2614111 ??)
combination that AT&T is currently recommending. Wollongong's
direct sales people are telling me that the EN100 is not supported,
so I'm really confused...
Please provide any pertinent details (hardware used, TCP/IP package,
versions, etc.) via email, and I will summarize if there is interest.
Thanks in advance.
--
Alan S. Denney @ Informix Software, Inc. "We're homeward bound
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This may either help clarify the issue or add to the confusion. The AT&T Enhanced WIN/386 product supports AT&T's EN100 board along with the StarLAN 1 and StarLAN 10 NAU boards. Both 15-pin drop cable and BNC thin coax connections are available on the EN100. The NAU's are 1 and 10 MB twisted-pair boards respectively. Support for these boards is available only in the Enhanced WIN/386 package provided by AT&T. (AT&T's Enhanced WIN/386 package was provided by Wollongong.) I believe Wollongong sells a WIN/386 product through its direct sales force that does not support these boards. Chuck Gerlach AT&T Bell Labs cag@iwlcs.ATT.COM ...!att!iwlcs!cag
nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (02/23/90)
In article <13318@cbnewsd.ATT.COM> cage@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (charles.gerlach) writes:
The AT&T Enhanced WIN/386 product supports AT&T's EN100 board along
with the StarLAN 1 and StarLAN 10 NAU boards. Both 15-pin drop cable and
BNC thin coax connections are available on the EN100. The NAU's are
1 and 10 MB twisted-pair boards respectively.
Support for these boards is available only in the Enhanced WIN/386 package
provided by AT&T. ...
Through the generous donation of two StarLAN 10 NAU boards to Clarkson
University, I'm writing a packet driver for them. And, if their
documentation is to be belived, and I interpret it correctly, the
packet driver will work on all the AT&T Ethernet and StarLAN boards,
including their fiber optic thingamugizzie.
Some people have disparaged the Clarkson packet drivers as being unreliable.
Well, I can't make a driver reliable unless I have the hardware for it
in house. If you are a hardware manufacturer, I encourage you to donate
a pair of boards to Clarkson (care of myself). If you are a customer, I
encourage you to contact manufacturers about the availability of packet
drivers.
Hardware manufacturers need you to tell them what software they need to make
available.
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--russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) Russ.Nelson@$315.268.6667
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