mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins) (12/01/88)
What TCP/IP board should I buy for 386 Unix? I see Excelan's name the most, but I believe I've also seen some negative comments about their response to OS upgrades, etc. Thanks in advance for your help. I'll post a summary if anyone is interested. -- Mark McWiggins UUCP: uunet!intek01!mark DISCLAIMER: I could be wrong. INTERNET: intek01!mark@uunet.uu.net (206) 455-9935
ken@uport.UUCP (Ken Chapin) (12/01/88)
In article <374@intek01.UUCP> mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins) writes:
->What TCP/IP board should I buy for 386 Unix? I see Excelan's name the
->most, but I believe I've also seen some negative comments about their
->response to OS upgrades, etc.
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->Thanks in advance for your help. I'll post a summary if anyone is interested.
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->Mark McWiggins UUCP: uunet!intek01!mark
Excelan's software for SVR3.0 is a bit outdated and does not support streams. I think that Micom/Interlan has a better product and is much more up to date.romkey@asylum.sf.ca.us (John Romkey) (12/02/88)
In article <374@intek01.UUCP> mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins) writes: >What TCP/IP board should I buy for 386 Unix? You might want to consider a host-based implementation. The only one out there that I know of is by Streamlined Networks. I used it running under Bell Technologies UNIX System V and it worked quite well. It had all the standard BSD stuff. With a good ethernet board (like the Western Digital WD8003), I wouldn't be surprised if the Streamlined Networks TCP running on the 386 outperformed what you'd get from a smart board, which is likely to only have an 80186 or such on it. The latest ad I've seen is in the December issue of UNIX Review. Their address is: Streamlined Networks PO Box 14763 Fremont, CA 94539 (415) 659-1450 I have no association with them whatsoever. -- - john romkey romkey@asylum.uucp romkey@xx.lcs.mit.edu romkey@asylum.sf.ca.us Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground Mother Earth will swallow you, lay your body down.
dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) (12/03/88)
In article <1023@asylum.sf.ca.us> romkey@asylum.UUCP (John Romkey) writes: >In article <374@intek01.UUCP> mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins) writes: >>What TCP/IP board should I buy for 386 Unix? >You might want to consider a host-based implementation. The only one >out there that I know of is by Streamlined Networks. I used it running >under Bell Technologies UNIX System V and it worked quite well. It had >all the standard BSD stuff. Ditto with John about host-based TCP/IP's usually outperforming the so-called "smart" cards. In addition, a multi-homed host running a host-based TCP/IP can perform routing between the different networks, something which is difficult, if not impossible, to do with multiple smart cards, each of which usually has a self-contained IP implementation which does not know of the others. Though I used the Streamlined Networks package with John on a Bell Tech box and was very happy with it, I fear that their XENIX market will be closing very quickly, because SCO has just announced their own host- based TCP/IP package which will also integrate smoothly with their forthcoming NFS and X11 ports. I believe the TCP and NFS ports are derived from Lachman, X11 from Locus. I don't have any experience with it yet, but as soon as it's available, I'll install it and let the net know what my experience is. ISC's 386/ix has a host-based TCP/IP implementation as well. -- Steve Dyer dyer@harvard.harvard.edu dyer@spdcc.COM aka {harvard,husc6,linus,ima,bbn,m2c,mipseast}!spdcc!dyer
jim@applix.UUCP (Jim Morton) (12/06/88)
In article <1023@asylum.sf.ca.us>, romkey@asylum.sf.ca.us (John Romkey) writes: > In article <374@intek01.UUCP> mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins) writes: > >What TCP/IP board should I buy for 386 Unix? > You might want to consider a host-based implementation. The only one > out there that I know of is by Streamlined Networks. I used it running Interactive 386/ix 1.06 has, and SCO Unix V.3.2 will have, as options, host based TCP/IP with support for the following dumb ethernet boards: - Western Digital WD8003 - Ungermann Bass PC-NIC 2273A (maybe 386/ix only?) - 3Com 3C501/502/503 - Micom NI5010 (maybe 386/ix only?) Sun's PC-NFS version 3 supports the same boards and more. If I were planning for the future with PC-bus machines, I would pick from this list. -- Jim Morton, APPLiX Inc., Westboro, MA UUCP: ...harvard!m2c!applix!jim jim@applix.m2c.org
ken@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Ken) (12/07/88)
In article <873@applix.UUCP> jim@applix.UUCP (Jim Morton) writes:
Interactive 386/ix 1.06 has, and SCO Unix V.3.2 will have, as options,
host based TCP/IP with support for the following dumb ethernet boards:
Does anyone have a timeframe on when SCO's TCP/IP will be released?
Much appreciated...
Ken
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In article <873@applix.UUCP> jim@applix.UUCP (Jim Morton) writes: ... >Interactive 386/ix 1.06 has, and SCO Unix V.3.2 will have, as options, >host based TCP/IP with support for the following dumb ethernet boards: > - Western Digital WD8003 > - Ungermann Bass PC-NIC 2273A (maybe 386/ix only?) > - 3Com 3C501/502/503 > - Micom NI5010 (maybe 386/ix only?) 386/ix TCP/IP under 1.06 currently supports: WD8003* U-B PC-NIC 3C501 and 3C503 (whats a 502?) NI5210 and NI9210 Additional ethernet boards may be supported in the future but these are what we have at the moment.