sani@cs.columbia.edu (Stefano Sani) (09/26/89)
I have a PS/2 80 running ISC 2.0.2 with a token-ring board in it. I would like to get TCP/IP to talk to the ring, but what ISC provides is only compatible with ethernet boards. I have contacted tech support and they have told me that they don't plan to provide token ring TCP/IP. My question is then: is there anyone out there who either knows a third party vendor or who has managed this apparently undoable task? (BTW, i even went so far as to try to install a dda for vpix, then getting vpix to run the dos version of TCP/IP... it has been a failing venture so far). thanx (mail: sani@cs.columbia.edu INTERNET or ...uunet!alfie!sani UUCP)
jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM (Jack F. Vogel) (09/26/89)
In article <347@cs.columbia.edu> sani@cs.columbia.edu (Stefano Sani) writes: >I have a PS/2 80 running ISC 2.0.2 with a token-ring board in it. >I would like to get TCP/IP to talk to the ring, but what ISC provides >is only compatible with ethernet boards. I have contacted tech support >and they have told me that they don't plan to provide token ring TCP/IP. >My question is then: is there anyone out there who either knows a third >party vendor or who has managed this apparently undoable task? As far as I know the only i386 Unix that provides Token-ring support for TCP/IP is AIX (SURPRISE!! :-}) both for the PS/2 and 370 architecture (when AIX370 becomes generally available, of course). I have not heard of any third-party software out there. In fact, even if you were to get a third party to do a device driver for you (and that should be possible given the bucks) there could be a problem in needing hooks in the ISC TCP software itself, I am not sure about that. I have said this before, but if you have a PS/2 the best Unix port out there (IMHO :-} ) is AIXPS/2. It costs no more than ISC and it gives you goodies like token-ring, job control, etc., not to mention support (ahem, :-} :-}). So, depending on how important token-ring is to you, you might consider making a switch. Disclaimer: This is not an official statement, my opinions only. -- Jack F. Vogel jackv@seas.ucla.edu AIX Technical Support - or - Locus Computing Corp. jackv@ifs.umich.edu
kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) (09/27/89)
sani@cs.columbia.edu (Stefano Sani) writes: >I have a PS/2 80 running ISC 2.0.2 with a token-ring board in it. >I would like to get TCP/IP to talk to the ring, but what ISC provides >is only compatible with ethernet boards. I have contacted tech support AIX's TCP/IP runs over the token-ring. We're using it (only for 2 nodes). At the SAME time, about 30 people are using the same ring for DOS networking. -- Kevin Kleinfelter @ Management Science America, Inc (404) 239-2347 gatech!nanovx!msa3b!kevin