delong@frith.egr.msu.edu (01/03/90)
We have several Novell Netware Systems, eventually about 8-10, all running with IBM Token Ring hardware. We now have aquired a mini- computer that will speak TCP/IP over Ethernet. Is there some good Hardware and Software Available that will allow us to do FTP and hosts sessions from our networked PC's? Keith DeLong delong@frith.egr.msu.edu
ljm@TWG.COM (Leo J McLaughlin) (01/04/90)
Keith, >We have several Novell Netware Systems, eventually about 8-10, all >running with IBM Token Ring hardware. We now have aquired a mini- >computer that will speak TCP/IP over Ethernet. Is there some good >Hardware and Software Available that will allow us to do FTP and >hosts sessions from our networked PC's? For those PCs not on a TCP/IP ethernet network you have two options. First, Wollongong provides IP over NetBIOS and IP over IPX drivers so that any existing LAN workstation can be a full TCP/IP host by means of a PC-based IP router. Connectivity to the file server can be provided by an FTP daemon on the IP router. Second, Interlan sells a TCP/IP gateway product which sits in the file server and provides limited ARPA services to the workstations on that Novell network. enjoy, leo j mclaughlin iii The Wollongong Group ljm@twg.com
jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM (James Van Bokkelen) (01/05/90)
For PCs with 802.5 hardware that supports IBM's ASI interface (as most do), several TCP/IPs can share the interface with Netware directly, sending IP encapsulated according to RFC 1042 on the 802.5 net. These include PC/TCP and IBM's TCP/IP for DOS (there are also a 'consulting special' version of PC/NFS, and a Packet Driver which lets Ethernet Packet Driver TCP/IPs use the ASI, but there is some potential for conflicts between ARP and the RIF handling in the Packet Driver). Of course, you need an IP router between the 802.5 and the Ethernet: Proteon, IBM or cisco will sell you one, a Banyan VINES server or the PCRoute freeware could do the job also. 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) (01/06/90)
>Of course, you need an IP router between the 802.5 and the Ethernet: >Proteon, IBM or cisco will sell you one, a Banyan VINES server or the >PCRoute freeware could do the job also. >James B. VanBokkelen 26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA 01880 >FTP Software Inc. voice: (617) 246-0900 fax: (617) 246-0901 How does PCRoute route from 802.5 to ethernet ?? Chuck Warlick My apologies; I was in a hurry replying to the message and asked someone (whose memory proved to be faulty) rather than find and read the PCRoute write-ups. As of the version I've seen, PCRoute only supported Ethernet, SLIP and Appletalk. It could support 802.5, if someone chose to add it... James B. VanBokkelen 26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA 01880 FTP Software Inc. voice: (617) 246-0900 fax: (617) 246-0901