From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
Subject: Re: TCP/IP+ethernet+DOS Packet Drivers
Organization: CARD
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 17:01:01 GMT

In article <18qle9INNqrt@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>                                                                                                         
dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell) writes:                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                      
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>In a previous article, myersr@geoduck.nosc.mil () says:                                                                                              
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>>Anybody get this combo working?  Is it possible?                                                                                                    
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>I am also interested in finding out if this is posible.                                                                                              
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>It would be really nice if IBM were to release a vpkt_drv.sys                                                                                        
>which would give each dos session its own virtual packet driver.                                                                                     
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>Is there such a thing all ready?                                                                                                                     
>Is it possible to make something like that?                                                                                                          
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You can do this today with a token ring card,the beta NTS/2, and the IBMTOKEN                                                                         
packet driver.You should be able to do this with ethernet also, if your                                                                               
ethernet packet driver is written to 802.2 LLC standard.                                                                                              
Mike Long                                                                                                                                             
Iowa State University