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From: ppoblete@dcc.uchile.cl (Patricio Poblete)
Subject: TCP/IP on top of Novell?
Originator: ppoblete@pincoya
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:08:25 GMT
Organization: Universidad de Chile, Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion
Keywords: UDEE741@OAK.CC.KCL.AC.UK



The following question appeared in a local mailing list.
If you can help, please reply directly to Sergio Velastin
(UDEE741@OAK.CC.KCL.AC.UK), not to myself. Thanks in advance,

                        __			ppoblete@dcc.uchile.CL
  _   _   _   /   / _   / _			Patricio Poblete
 /_) /_) (_) /_) / (-' / (-'			Dept. of Computer Science
/   / 						University of Chile
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Scenario:
  PC network running Novell Netware version 3.10
  NE1000 and NE2000 Ethernet cards connected to Cheapernet
  All machines are running DOS
  Normally we run IPX and NETx (mostly NET5) on each workstation

  We have a room of disk-less workstation. Here each Network card has
  a ROM for remote booting from the file system.

  The file server (following Novell practices) contains a 'crunched' version
  of CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT (I think!) that, when a machine's ROM
  contacts the file server, loads IPX and NET (CONFIG.SYS) plus other
  things such as sign-on message and login prompts (AUTOEXEC.BAT) to boot
  the workstation.

TCP/IP
  We have now connected our network to the university backbone ethernet
  through a Bridge. We have also connected a few Sun workstations to our
  network.
  What we are after is to run TCP/IP **on top of** Novell.

  We have succeeded in doing this with hard-disk machines:
  We have obtained Clarkson packet drivers from the public domain (let's
  call this NE1000.COM) and we have created a modified version of IPX
  (PDIPX.COM, PD= Packet driver). From a hard disk machine, we run the
  sequence:
     NE1000 0x61 0x5 0x320
     PDIPX
     NET5
  and presto! we connect to the network. Then we can run public domain
  versions of TELNET, FTP, etc. to TCP/IP over the network.
  (above: 0x61 is software interrupt number, 0x5 is hardware interrupt
   for the ethernet card and 0x320 is its i/o address).

TCP/IP from disk-less machines
  The theory is simple: modify the workstation start-up procedure
  in the file server (using the new packet drivers) and 'crunch' it.

Result: Failure. The workstation hangs up
We have tried a -d switch in the NE1000 packet driver that we were
told allow it to be used in the way we want (crunched). Same result.

Any ideas??????

Any help will be rewarded with giga thanks of appreciation!!!

Sergio Velastin
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
King's College London
University of London
England
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
From: silano@newton.cs.jhu.edu (Mike Silano)
Subject: Re: Crynwr WD8003E v. 10 packet driver problem
Organization: Johns Hopkins Computer Science Department, Baltimore, MD
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 01:07:23 GMT

jackson@acf3.nyu.edu (Robert Max Jackson) writes:
: 
:      I seem to have encountered a problem using version 10 of
: the Crynwr packet drivers for Western Digital cards
: (WD8003E.COM) that does not exist with earlier versions.  As I
: have seen no reference to this problem, I infer it probably results
: from some special interaction that I cannot determine.  Here I
: describe the problem and some of the tests I have done to try and
: locate the source.  This is the conclusion of months of irritation so
: I am hoping that it will help anyone who has experienced anything
: similar.  Also, of course, I would be thrilled if a resolution could
: be found.
:      The problem appears as lost key strokes.  This is often
: referred to as the "sticky shift keys" problem, because it frequently
: results in the Shift, Control, or Alt keys being "stuck" on, ie. as
: if they were being depressed when they are not, when the up
: stroke on those keys is lost.  

Robert - I can sympathize with you.  I've got a user here with the
exact same problem - an AST 286 that does the same thing.  I've been
pulling my hair out trying to figure it out (he's my project manager).

Everything in his computer has been replaced.  At least once.  

The strange thing is - I'm using ver 10 of the drivers on an AST 386
and have experienced none of those problems.  Strange.


I'll try going back to ver 9 of the drivers and see what happens.

Please keep me up to date on what you find out.

-Mike
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
From: gary@nexnix.demon.co.uk (Gary Howland)
Subject: Why does my screen freeze when using WD8803E packet drivers
Distribution: world
Organization: nexnix
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 18:40:05 +0000

I am not the only one with this problem, but have never found a solution to it.
Why does the screen freeze for a second or two (on a regular basis) when
using ICE/TCP (yes, I know we should be using NCSA).  The problem definately
lies with the machine and software, not with the network.

Can anyone help?

Gary

Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc,news.software.readers
From: peter@psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au (Peter R. Tattam)
Subject: Trumpet Shell for FTP Software TCP stack.
Organization: Psychology Department, University of Tasmania
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 05:47:19 GMT

I have just placed the FTP Software shell for Trumpet newsreader up on 

  tasman.cc.utas.edu.au(131.217.10.1)

at the location

  pub/pc/trumpet/abi-version/newsftp.zip

I have had no way of testing this out, and it is offered as is.

Here is the documentation file accompanying it.
==================================================================

Newsx is a wrapper program for Peter Tattam's TRUMPET news reader.
Newsx enables reading/posting of news using FTP Software's PC-TCP kernel.
Newsx is compatible with FTP Software kernels 2.0 and 2.1.

A batch file that reads news on my system:

\pctcp\ethdrv
newsx
\pctcp\inet unload

During news/mail posting error messages from the FTP kernel are randomly
scattered on the screen. Posting seems to work properly. Reading works just
fine.

================================================================
Sean D. True
Rational Systems, Inc.
seant@ratsys.com -- uunet!rational!seant
================================================================

Comment from Peter R. Tattam
----------------------------

This program is provided AS IS.  Please pass any comments to the above
address.

The distributed name of the abi-version of Trumpet is newsabi.exe.  This may
need to be renamed to news.exe or news2.exe

==================================================================
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P.Tattam                                    International Phone 61-02-202346
Programmer, Psychology Department           Australia     Phone   002-202346
University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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From: PIRARD@VM1.ULG.AC.BE (Andre' PIRARD)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: New readers for the Macs
Date: 21 Aug 92 16:33:56 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Liege (Belgium), SEGI (Computing Center)

.
 sura.net!jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!catone@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU>

On Sat, 1 Aug 1992 21:21:30 GMT Tony Catone said:
>
>Try NewsWatcher.  Works over Mac/TCP.
>

Also TheNews, other style. Both on sumex-aim.stanford.edu:info-mac/comm

Andr.
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc,news.software.readers
From: seant@sunfish.ratsys.com (Sean D. True)
Subject: Re: Trumpet Shell for FTP Software TCP stack.
Organization: Rational Systems, Inc.
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 15:24:19 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.083700.26995@kub.nl> mvw@kub.nl (Maarten van Wijk) writes:

>I have been trying this out and it works great. But I would like to
>run it in an ms-dos window under windows 3.1, but that does not work.
>I keep getting "599 Command timed out". Changing parameters for
>trumpnet and the PIF file had no effect until now.
>The FTP software version is 2.05. Am I trying something that is
>impossible or using the wrong setup? Other FTP commands work OK under
>windows.

I thought I would test newsx under Windows. You are right, it appears not to 
work under Windows Enhanced Mode. Like a lot of my favorite software, it 
works fine in Windows Standard Mode (just type win /s), which I usually run 
anyway.

At some point I will take a look at this, but not soon. Does anyone else
with access to the PCTCP development kit want to look at this? I will 
happily send source along.


Just another unpleasant work-around from the desk of ...
================================================================
Sean D. True
Rational Systems, Inc.
seant@ratsys.com -- uunet!rational!seant
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
From: dweissman@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (WiseGuy)
Subject: MYLEX
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. USA
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 12:33:00 GMT

Has anyone else used MYLEX ethernet cards?  We have a few (including a
LNE390A eisa bus) cards and I cannot even find the hardware addresses
on these things!  When I try to call Mylex to get some technical answers
on some pretty easy questions, someone takes my name and number and tells
me that they will get back to me 'in a few days'.  I have now been waiting
over a week for a return phone call.

Has anyone else been successful using MYLEX customer service?
Does anyone know how to find the physical address on a MYLEX ethernet card?

Any help will be appreciated 
================================================================================
Dave Weissman - WAN/LAN Networking

   Allied-Signal Aerospace        Internet#1 - dweissman@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov
   BFEC - Dept. 976               Internet#2 - sysdhw@bfec2.gsfc.nasa.gov
   One Bendix Road                SPRINTnet's X.400 -
   Columbia, Maryland 21045-1897  (C:USA,A:TELEMAIL,P:GSFC,FN:DAVID,SN:WEISSMAN)
From: jackson@acf3.nyu.edu (Robert Max Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Crynwr WD8003E v. 10 packet driver problem
Summary: Version 10 of Crynwr packet driver WD8003E causing keyboard problems
Keywords: Crynwr packet driver WD8003e Western Digital keyboard
Date: 16 Aug 92 14:52:19 GMT
Organization: New York University


     I seem to have encountered a problem using version 10 of
the Crynwr packet drivers for Western Digital cards
(WD8003E.COM) that does not exist with earlier versions.  As I
have seen no reference to this problem, I infer it probably results
from some special interaction that I cannot determine.  Here I
describe the problem and some of the tests I have done to try and
locate the source.  This is the conclusion of months of irritation so
I am hoping that it will help anyone who has experienced anything
similar.  Also, of course, I would be thrilled if a resolution could
be found.
     The problem appears as lost key strokes.  This is often
referred to as the "sticky shift keys" problem, because it frequently
results in the Shift, Control, or Alt keys being "stuck" on, ie. as
if they were being depressed when they are not, when the up
stroke on those keys is lost.  This problem is usually associated
with TSRs that hook the keyboard interrupt (software interrupt 09,
IRQ 1).  I experience this problem when using the packet driver
in conjunction with: QEMM, Novell IPX (both the BYU and the
Intel), and Desqview (this is my normal configuration).  I had the
problem for months without being able to locate the source.  The
difficulty is intermittent and unpredictable (but guaranteed to drive
one mad).
     During this time I eliminated many possible sources of the
apparent conflict.  These include: QEMM was run with and
without stealth and with numerous variations in its settings, all the
network drivers were run in both high and low memory, all
programs hooking Int 9 were removed, all the specially written
drivers and programs mean to fix problems with keyboard
interrupts were tried, both the hardware and software interrupts
used by the packet drivers were varied, the computer was changed
(to another that was identical), the motherboard was changed (AMI
& Acer), a different video board was tried (WD Paradise &
Diamond Speedstar), a different network board (both WD Elite 16
10BaseT boards, but with different chip sets), different versions of
the Novell drivers, and highly varied software.  I have made other
tests that I can detail to anyone interested.  I use the latest versions
of all the programs and drivers.  I had lengthy interactions with
the technical assistance departments of varied programs who were
all mystified.
     I have now discovered that the problem goes away when I
revert to version 9 of the Crynwr driver.  I retrieved another copy
of the version 10 driver from two sources to make sure that mine
was not corrupted.  I have tried shifting back and forth between
the two and confirmed that the problem arises only when using
version 10.
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
From: eretherf@mcs.kent.edu (Eric Von Retherford)
Subject: Help needed with QVTNET27
Originator: eretherf@Chaos.mcs.kent.edu
Organization: Kent State University
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 16:34:42 GMT

Can anyone help me with Qvt-Net 2.7?

I have all the drivers installed and I get these messages...

1) Packet Driver Error:Type_In_Use(Access Type)
2) Can't Access IP handle interface type 1
3) netinit() error!
4) Network initialization error!

Then it goes back to the program mamager.

Is this a simple problem?

-- 

Eric Von Retherford                                      Kent State University
eretherf@kent.mcs.edu         "You're banging coconuts" "Run away! Run away!!"
From: werner@inf.puc-rio.br (Carlos Gustavo Werner)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: KA9Q info.
Date: 20 Aug 92 22:51:27 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet



	Where can I get detailed documentation about KA9Q?
	Please, mail me.

	Thanks.

	--------------------------------------------------
	C.Gustavo Werner
	Email: werner@inf.puc-rio.br
	Pontificia Universidade do Rio de Janeiro,
	Brazil.
	--------------------------------------------------
         
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc,vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet,comp.sys.mac.programmer,alt.internet.services
From: dank@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov (Daniel R. Kegel)
Subject: Volunteers needed to port e-mail directory program
Organization: Image Analysis Systems Group, JPL
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 21:44:58 GMT

I'm looking for volunteers to help port a simple but very useful 
Internet access tool to VMS, MS-DOS, and the Mac.  The tool is
called 'uwho', and it lets the average Joe User look up Internet e-mail
addresses quickly without knowing much about the Internet.

The tool is novel because it knows about all the publicly available
whois and ns servers on the Internet.  Currently, it provides access
to over 300,000 e-mail addresses, but this number is increasing as
more organizations set up whois servers.  
It is also efficient; it finishes in ten seconds or so, and in contrast to 
'netfind', does not thrash the internet with hundreds of 'finger' requests.

uwho will be posted to comp.sources.reviewed soon (I hope) and will
be placed in the public domain.  The initial version runs under Unix,
and is about 400 lines of C and 200 lines of Bourne shell script; it could
just as well be about 400 lines of Perl or 600 lines of C.
Unfortunately I have neither the time nor expertise to port it to non-Unix 
systems.  Please, if you are interested in encouraging the use of e-mail
and think you have the skills and time to port this program, drop me a
line at dank@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov.  The Net will thank you.
[ Sorry about the crosspostings, but I didn't know how else to reach
  the diverse group of developers needed. ]
- Dan Kegel

--- uwho's README follows ---
uwho is a simple tool for accessing the many whois and ns servers
on the Internet.  It lets you look for somebody's e-mail address
without knowing the details of where such information is kept.
A large part of its power comes from its ability to download an
up-to-date list of whois and ns servers via FTP. 

"uwho person organization"
searches for whois or ns servers matching the given organization name, 
then uses a quick version of whois and/or ph to search for peronsal information.
All network access is done in parallel, and completes in about ten
seconds.

It is intended for use on any Unix system, but has only been tested
with SunOS 4.1.1, NeXT 2.0, HP/UX, and Ultrix.

It requires a Bourne shell /bin/sh with job control (a Berkeley-ism)
because it uses job control to run several searches in parallel.

Author: Dan Kegel (dank@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov)
Legal status: This software is in the public domain...
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
From: pasquale@sgl.ists.ca (Pasquale Leone)
Subject: how can a pc cache a networked drive?
Summary: How do I cache an nfs linked drive?
Keywords: cache disk nfs
Organization: Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science
Distribution: na
Date: 20 Aug 92 22:20:49 GMT

All of the pc's here are using a SUN 3 as a file server.
The nfs and tcpip software we are using is Beame&Whiteside ver 2.3.

Is it possible to cache the remote drive letters?
I've tried several disk caches (pc-cache, hyperdisk, smartdrive4.0)
and they all seem to intercept disk calls at a level below where
B&W intercepts them. Thus the caches can't intercept calls
to the remote drive letters.

Do other pc networks (novell, lantastic etc) have this same problem?
Is there a disk cache that can solve this problem?

If there is a more appropriate news group for this please advise.

If replying by email use the following address.
The address in the header is often garbage.
pasquale@sgl.ists.ca
From: jbvb@FTP.COM ("James B. Van Bokkelen")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: Trumpet Shell for FTP Software TCP stack.
Date: 19 Aug 92 17:36:37 GMT
Reply-To: jbvb@ftp.com
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet


    At this stage, I am unable to determine why the FTP shell won't work from 
    Windows.

One potential problem I saw with the original poster's .BAT file was that
the kernel was loaded each time it was run.  You can do this (if you have
a packet driver that correctly virtualizes upcalls so it won't crash when
another VM is running), but the kernel is only accessible from that DOS
box.  I normally start the kernel before Windows, so I can use it from
the 2.1 WinApps, IDRIVE and multiple DOS boxes.

Another potential problem is that the VxD we supply had some bugs in
the 2.05 versions, so the INT 61h API presented in a DOS box wasn't
exactly the same as under raw DOS.  The 2.1 VxD fixes the bugs, and as
far as I can tell the DOS box INT 61h is exactly the same as straight DOS.
Late patch levels of 2.05 (e.g. pl4, pl5) were better than early ones.

James B. VanBokkelen		26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA  01880
FTP Software Inc.		voice: (617) 246-0900  fax: (617) 246-0901
From: dsc3jfs@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Jim Small)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: popmail finger
Date: 17 Aug 92 14:08:44 GMT
Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command


Could someone please send me the portion of the popmail source code that
does the finger command.  I would like to modify it to function as a 
local name-lookup client.  (and save myself several hours of code writing)
-- 
I love the 3b2
The 3b2 is my friend.
From: ken@nika.UUCP (Ken Pelletier)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Network printer sharing between DOS and UNIX
Date: 16 Aug 92 13:36:25 GMT
Organization: The Internet

Some of the recent posts have discussed this in general terms, but I  
still have a few questions:

We have several networks with a UNIX server and PC's running Lan  
Workplace for DOS and Beame and Whiteside NFS.  Some of these  
networks also have Novell Netware running.  In both cases, we can  
send DOS and UNIX print requests to the spooler on the UNIX system  
and print to a directly-attached printer - so far so good.

Where Novell is used, we can also use a Novell IP product on the  
server to route UNIX output to a Netware print queue.

I've heard talk on this list about sending stuff directly to a  
network attached printer from DOS and UNIX (Intel Net Port, HPIIID si  
w/ethernet card), but I fail to see how collisions would be avoided  
if there isn't a common queue either on UNIX or Netware through which  
all requests would pass.  Also, what software (on UNIX and the  
net-attached PC) is used to get to the ethernet-attached printers?

Any explanation would be greatly appreciated (and help me sleep  
better at night... ;-)  Thanks.

---
Ken Pelletier     UUNET:    uunet!nika!ken
NiKA Software     Internet: nika!ken@uunet.uu.net
Arlingon, Ma      ( NeXT Mail welcome )
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
From: mprisco@lynx.cat.syr.edu ()
Subject: tcp/ip for os/2: help with protocol.ini
Organization: Syracuse University
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 11:53:31 EDT

I have installed TCP/IP for OS/2 v 1.2 on OS/2 2.0 and
am having trouble getting it to talk to our 3Com ethernet
card.  I have the following HW:  PS/2 m80, token ring
and 3Com ethernet MC/TP.  I have tried making changes to
protocol.ini and config.sys but it doesn't seem to help.
I can't ping and there is no reference to the ethernet
driver in c:\ibmcom\lantran.log (I think there should be,
but I don't really know what this file is telling me, anyway!)
If anyone knows about this or if anyone can tell me
what the statements (like bindings=) in protocol.ini
mean, it would help!  Please Email me at mprisco@cat.syr.edu.
Tanks!
--
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=          H A V E   A   D A Y             :|                       =
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From: ppoh@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu (Paul B. Poh)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc,news.software.readers
Subject: Re: Trumpet Shell for FTP Software TCP stack.
Date: 13 Aug 92 14:12:28 GMT
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA


In article <peter.359.713684839@psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au> peter@psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au (Peter R. Tattam) writes:

>  I have just placed the FTP Software shell for Trumpet newsreader up on 
>
>     tasman.cc.utas.edu.au(131.217.10.1)
>
>  at the location
>
>    pub/pc/trumpet/abi-version/newsftp.zip
>
>  I have had no way of testing this out, and it is offered as is.

the trumpet directory is also available at amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu
(130.64.3.5) for east coast US folks. (Australia seems a long way to go :=)
Thanks to Sean True for providing the shell.

--
Paul Poh                        Unix Systems Programmer
ppoh@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu     Computer Services, Tufts University
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc,comp.sys.novell
From: mike@childsoc.demon.co.uk (Michael Bernardi)
Subject: Western Digital Token Card Packet/ODI Drivers
Distribution: world
Organization: The Children's Society
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 15:54:27 +0000

I need to be able to run a telnet session to a unix systen using WD Token
Card network cards. They are only supplies with the *.OBJ files needed to
create IPX.COM, and a less than perfect IBM LAN Support Program emulator.
I need to be able to access a Novell 3.11 server via IPX and a unix system
via TCP/IP. At the moment I'm using the LAN Support program drivers BUT the
PC tend to hang regularly.
I've tried to use the Crynwr IPXPKT software but I have been unable to get a
router to work between IPXPKT and IBMTOKEN. (Using KA9Q's NET I can connect
to other pcs via IPXPKT and to unix via IBMTOKEN but across KA9Q is
impossible).
Any help gratefully recieved
                Mike
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 The Children's Society, Edward Rudolf House, Margery Street, | worth living
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