Thread View: net.lan
2 messages
2 total messages
Started by Craig Jackson
Thu, 25 Sep 1986 22:18
TCP/IP under IBM Xenix 2.0
Author: Craig Jackson
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1986 22:18
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1986 22:18
13 lines
1036 bytes
1036 bytes
I have a need to connect several IBM AT's and Compaq 286's, running IBM
Xenix 2.0, to a TCP/IP Ethernet. I am looking for packages which do this.
The only one that I have found so far comes from Network Research Corp.
Are there any others?
Am I restricting it too much by specifying IBM Xenix instead of SCO?
(Note that the IBM Xenix is already here, and serving well.)
Please mail responses. If I get the time, I will try to summarize.
--
Craig Jackson
UUCP: {harvard,linus}!axiom!drilex!dricej
BIX: cjackson
Re: TCP/IP under IBM Xenix 2.0
Author: David Brown
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1986 18:42
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1986 18:42
45 lines
2504 bytes
2504 bytes
> I have a need to connect several IBM AT's and Compaq 286's, running IBM
> Xenix 2.0, to a TCP/IP Ethernet. I am looking for packages which do this.
> The only one that I have found so far comes from Network Research Corp.
>
> Are there any others?
I've heard of 2 companies that sell TCP/IP for Xenix - Excelan and CMC.
Both use on-board processors to handle most of the protocol on the
board, though I believe that Excelan handles more on the board
(including telnet/rlogin processing). We purchased the Excelan product,
but switched all of our PC's to PCDOS before we tried it out under
Xenix, so I can't relate any experiences. Before we purchased, we
visited Excelan and saw it running on PC/AT's running Xenix, talking to
VAX 4.2BSD.
With both companies, you get the standard set of utilites (telnet, ftp,
rlogin, rsh, etc.), plus a socket library. Unfortunately, the Excelan
socket library calls are at the 4.1C level, and so porting programs from
4.2/3 requires modifications. Also, some utilities that we would like
to use (tftp, remote lpr) are not provided.
CMC claims that their socket library is 4.2-compatible.
We went with Excelan because they're local, they have a good reputation
around here (I know of several other sites using their products), and
they have a broad range of products (including TCP/IP for PCDOS -- CMC's
PCDOS version was still in beta test when we were looking in January).
I talked to one CMC user (for Multibus) who was happy with them as well.
Excelan
2180 Fortune Dr.
San Jose, CA 95131
(408) 434-2300
CMC (Communication Machinery Corporation)
1421 State St.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 963-9471
I believe that NRC only makes software (FUSION) and OEM's the hardware
from elsewhere - either 3COM, Excelan, Interlan, CMC or Ungermann-Bass.
--
David Brown (415) 945-2199
Varian Instruments 2700 Mitchell Dr. Walnut Creek, Ca. 94598
{ptsfa,lll-crg,zehntel,dual,amd,fortune,ista,rtech,csi}!varian!david
Thread Navigation
This is a paginated view of messages in the thread with full content displayed inline.
Messages are displayed in chronological order, with the original post highlighted in green.
Use pagination controls to navigate through all messages in large threads.
Back to All Threads