[comp.os.coherent] network support

jstern@orion.oac.uci.edu (Jeff Stern) (04/04/91)

Has anyone gotten Coherent working with a TCP/IP Ethernet network?
Also, in reply to Frank's question, nothing for sure but I talked to
one of the tech support guys at MW and he said maybe by the end of the
year for the '386 version.  I also know they are trying to get
networking up for Coherent by sometime next year, but it would be nice
if someone has gotten it going by themselves.  Jeff.
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rt2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Rens Troost) (04/04/91)

I'm writing some networking stuff for MINIX, and am thinking of making it
portable (specifically to coherent.) I'll be doing IP and SLIP, probably as
user processes since I understand coherent does not come with kernel
sources. The basic objective is a stripped-down IP implementation, with
limited support for stuff like routing, and certainly no extras like ARP or
RARP. I'll probably do ICMP as well, but not immediately.

If someone would like to collaborate, I sure could use it. Ideally, two
more people - one to do TCP and one to do UDP - and we'd be in business. Of
course, implementing network software in user space is kinda crazy, but I
think it's ok for something like slip. named pipes for IPC, etc.

Let's get some traffic going on this group!!

-rens
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