s892024@minyos.xx.rmit.oz (Admiral Richard Muirden) (10/17/90)
hi,
Today I was given a blank order form and asked to order SCO's TCP/IP. Now
this is all very nice but I'd like to know how well [or badly] it performs
on a 386 system. We are running SCO Xenix 2.3.2 on an 80386/20.
Some things I would like to know:
* What is the latest version available
* What are its features (ie: telnet, rlogin, ftp, else?)
* What are its limits?
* Have you found any bugs in the s/w?
* Is there a better (cheaper?) product availble that will run on SCO Xenix.
* Will it run with a 3Com Etherlink I (3C501) or Etherlink II (3C503) without
problems?
Also we are looking at getting the runtime system. Will this have all I nned?
what exactly is the difference between the TCP/IP RTS and the Devsys.
I will post a summary of any/all replies.
Thanks for any help you can give!
Richard.
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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=ronald@robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo) (10/18/90)
s892024@minyos.xx.rmit.oz (Admiral Richard Muirden) writes: > SCO's TCP/IP > I'd like to know how well [or badly] it performs > on a 386 system. We are running SCO Xenix 2.3.2 on an 80386/20. >* What is the latest version available The first "proper release" is the current 1.0.1, which I haven't had time to unpack yet -- I've only used the "beta" 1.0.0 version. >* What are its features (ie: telnet, rlogin, ftp, else?) All that, yes. Only thing you can't have is NFS, because the marketing folks at SCO refuse to allow themselves to develop/sell the FileSystemSwitch for Xenix because that would nuke 90% of the sales of SCO Unix :-) >* Is there a better (cheaper?) product availble that will run on SCO Xenix. Not that I know of. > Also we are looking at getting the runtime system. Will this have all I nned? You will need to purchase the "streams" runtime package as well. I found this out halfway through the installation guide to the TCP runtime :-( > what exactly is the difference between the TCP/IP RTS and the Devsys. The devsys provides a 4.3 BSD compatible socket library. I used the beta version to compile NNTP 1.5.<I can't remember which patchlevel> more or less out of the packet, and it worked fine. You need to purchase the devsys *in addition* to the RTS if you want to compile any networking programs on your own. > I will post a summary of any/all replies. Oops. :-) -- ronald@robobar.co.uk +44 81 991 1142 (O) +44 71 229 7741 (H)
cch0241@smarine.UUCP (Chris Hapgood) (10/18/90)
You might try looking at LAN WorkPlace for XENIX 386 from Excelan, now a division of Novell. I have been using their product for about a year and I am very impressed with the telnet/FTP/r-utilities/SMTP suite. I am somewhat dissappointed with their XENIX-NET integration, but that may not be an issue.
tkevans@fallst.UUCP (Tim Evans) (10/19/90)
In <6044@minyos.xx.rmit.oz> s892024@minyos.xx.rmit.oz (Admiral Richard Muirden) writes: >Today I was given a blank order form and asked to order SCO's TCP/IP. >Some things I would like to know: >* What is the latest version available I've heard of 1.0.1h. >* What are its features (ie: telnet, rlogin, ftp, else?) telnet, rlogin, ftp, rcmd (what's usually called rsh), routed (no gated) >* Will it run with a 3Com Etherlink I (3C501) or Etherlink II (3C503) without > problems? Don't know about the 301, but it runs with the 3c503. It does NOT run with the 3c505. -- UUCP: {rutgers|ames|uunet}!mimsy!woodb!fallst!tkevans INTERNET: tkevans%fallst@wb3ffv.ampr.org Tim Evans 2201 Brookhaven Ct, Fallston, MD 21047
nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (11/01/90)
In article <1990Oct17.182201.1878@robobar.co.uk> ronald@robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo) writes:
You will need to purchase the "streams" runtime package as well. I
found this out halfway through the installation guide to the TCP
runtime :-(
Yes, the stupid installation guide lets you get halfway through the
TCP/IP installation process before it say "Oh, you *did* install the
Streams RT first, didn't you?" Being a Unix Idiot (tm), I had to
reboot, which screwed my filesystem, so I ended up doing a complete
reinstall of Xenix.
I was not happy... Lesson for the day: install the Streams RT first...
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