lane@sumex-aim.stanford.edu (Christopher Lane) (09/14/90)
Although others can probably give you a more detailed reply (should you need it), basically, KIP is one of two operating systems for the Kinetics/Novell/Shiva FastPath Ethernet to AppleNet gateway. It is, I believe, freely available and is directly related to Bill Croft's original software for the box but has been subsequently modified/updated (by Croft and others). The other operating system, that is sold with the box, is KStar. There are various reasons for running one versus the other (we used to run KIP, we now run KStar) but others would have to supply you with those details/reasons. KIP is available via anonymous ftp from sumex-aim.stanford.edu in the file info-mac/unix/at-kip.shar and probably from other places as well. - Christopher -------