ljm@TWG.COM (Leo J McLaughlin) (09/21/89)
Chris, > I am looking at establishing a TCP/IP net with IBMs MVS TCP/IP. It will >talk to a hand full of PS/2s and PC/ATs. Some of these PS/2s and ATs will also >need to be connected to a Novell network. I would like to FTP files to/from the >MVS host to the Novell file server directly. In one case the Novell server is >on the same Ether connection as the TCP/IP net. In another the AT will be >connected to TCP/IP using ether and to Novell using ARCNET. For those PCs directly connected to the ethernet you can use a shared driver that supports both IP and IPX -- a number of products can do this. First, the FTP packet driver specification is an network interface driver specification supported (but not necessarily used) by FTP software, NCSA, and Wollongong. Brigham Young University has developed a shared IPX/IP driver for the WD8003 board which conforms to the specification. I do not know if it also supports the Western Digital microchannel board. Second, Wollongong sells a TCP/IP product which contains shared drivers for the Western Digital (AT and Microchannel) and Novell NE1000A cards. These drivers do not require that your Novell network be ECONFIGed. Third, Excelan sells their own product which supports both IPX and IP. However, it only runs on their own board. For those PCs on a Novell ARCnet 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 (415)962-7100