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From: ignatios@cs.uni-bonn.de (Ignatios Souvatzis)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ppp,news.answers,comp.answers
Subject: comp.protocols.ppp part7 of 8 of frequently wanted information
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Date: 7 Apr 1994 18:21:14 GMT
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Summary: This document contains information about the Internet Point-to-Point
Protocol, including a bibliography, a list of public domain and
commercial software and hardware implementations, a section on
configuration hints and a list of frequently asked questions and
answers on them.
It should be read by anybody interested in connecting to Internet
via serial lines, and by anybody wanting to post to
comp.protocols.ppp (before he/she does it!)
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Archive-name: ppp-faq/part7
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URL: http://cs.uni-bonn.de/ppp/part7.html
7. COMMERCIAL PPP SOFTWARE PACKAGES
7.1 Amiga Inet
A version, which will support SLIP (but, alas, not PPP), is expected to
be distributed with AmigaOS 3.1 in spring 93
7.2 MSDOS with and without MSWindows
7.2.1 COMMERCIAL PPP PACKAGES FOR MS-DOS AND MS-WINDOWS
This information orignally appeared in the December 7th, 1992 issue
of "Open Systems Today", a newspaper published by CMP Publications,
(516) 562-5882.
Each of these packages costs around $400 not including volume or other
discounts. Call the vendor for details.
Each of the packages is a complete TCP/IP stack with assorted client
programs, ftp, telnet, etc.., that run under MS-DOS and/or MS-Windows.
The TCP/IP client programs included in each package vary. Some use the
DOS command line (even under MS-Windows) while others have full Windows
GUI interfaces. A PPP client (but not server) is included with each of
these packages.
7.2.1.1. LAN WorkPlace for DOS 4.1 beta (see also 7.2.2)
Novell
USA: (801) 429-5588
Summary: This is an MS-DOS TSR (Terminate and Stay Ready) solution so it
runs under either MS-DOS or MS-Windows. It includes a program called
"DIALUP" that only allows connections at 8 bits, no parity. You can use
the public domain "kermit" program instead if you need 7 bits, parity
connections.
7.2.1.2. PC/TCP
FTP Software
USA: (508) 685-4000
Contact: info@ftp.com
Summary: PC/TCP is an MS-DOS TSR solution that had PPP long before it
was fashionable. Not surprisingly, it was the only non-beta product
available for this review.
Comment: PC/TCP 2.2 was shipped 24/25 March 1993 (information indirectly
through one of their customers.) I copy parts of the feature list:
1. Autoinstall/Autoconfig (graphical interface, easy install)
2. PCTCPNET (mount InterDrives from File Manager)
3. PCNFSD Print Support (multiple print redirection through PCNFSD)
4. Router Discovery - RFC 1256
5. 8K UDP Writes
6. WMSG (Demonstrates IP Multicast)
7. NFS/TCP Support
8. International Character Set Support / Names in InterDrive
9. International Character Set Support / Directory in InterDrive
10. MVSLogin Support for InterDrive
11. TN Mouse and light pen Support
12. VI Compression for both SLIP and PPP
13. WinSockAPI Meets Final Revision
14. Interdrive EMM Caching Support - use EMM for buffers
15. Inet - Serial line additions debug SLIP and PPP connections
16. Kerberos/Ktelnet
17. Kernel/Netbios Interactions imporved support for LANtastic, LAN MAN
7.2.1.3. Distinct TCP/IP 3.0 beta
Distinct Inc.
USA: (408) 741- 0781
Summmary: This is a Windows DLL solution so it only runs under MS-Windows
.
Nice scripting features and built-in support (stored configuration
strings, basically) for various modems.
7.2.1.4. Super-PPP for Windows 1.0 beta
Frontier Technologies Corp
USA: (414) 241-4555
Summary: This is a Windows DLL solution that is an optional component of
their Super-TCP for Windows product. Super-TCP comes in both TSR and
DLL flavors but the Super-PPP product is strictly DLL. Very configurable.
Performance notes: If you run PPP under MS-Windows, your performance will
suck (it might not work at all!) unless you have 16550A UARTs in your PC.
If you have an extra card slot, you can add two 16550A ports with the
DSP 550 card from STB Systems, (214) 234-8750. To find out what kind
of UARTs are in your PC, use the program "msd.exe" in your MS-Windows 3.1
install directory or retrieve the program
/published/open-systems-today/uarttype.zip from ftp.uu.net .
Older UARTs are the 8250 or the 16450. These UARTs will work ok under
MS-DOS. A fast CPU helps, though. No performance tests were run because
three of the four packages above are still in beta.
For more information, read the Open Systems Today article and stay
tuned to this FAQ.
7.2.2 MSDOS/NOVELL:
Novell now offers PPP support (asynchronous) in LAN WorkPlace for DOS
version 4.1, and PPP support for synchronous and T1 connections on
NetWare v3.11 servers in the MultiProtocol Router WAN Links option.
NetWare server support for the routing of IP and IPX protocols over
asynchronous dialup lines will be available sometime around mid-1993.
This is an excerpt from LWP41.TXT, a document describing LAN
WorkPlace for DOS v4.1 (the entire text can be found on
sjf-lwp.sjf.novell.com in ~/lwp4dos/lwp41.txt):
* SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) and PPP (Point to Point
Protocol) support. SLIP and PPP support is provided in the form
of a custom ODI driver for LAN WorkPlace: SLIP_PPP.COM. This
driver allows the Novell TCP/IP Transport for DOS v4.1 to use
asynchronous connections for IP services required by DOS and
Windows applications. It supports the following:
- SLIP
- Compressed SLIP (C-SLIP) using Van Jacobson TCP/IP header
compression (as described in RFC-1144).
- PPP with support for Van Jacobson TCP/IP header compression
option negotiation and PAP (Password Authentication
Protocol) as described in RFC-1334.
- Support for National Semiconductor's 16550, 16550A, 16450
and 8250 UARTs (Universal Asynchronous Receiver
Transmitter). Use of a 16550 UART is strongly recommended
(and is required for use with Windows at speeds of 9600bps
or greater). NOTE: One can use the Microsoft Diagnostics
program supplied with Windows v3.1 (MSD.EXE) to determine
which type of UART is installed in a PC.
- Interface speeds up to 57,600 bps when used with a
V.32bis/V.42bis modem and 16550A UART.
brian@novell.com (Brian Meek) clarified on my request, that:
IP is the only protocol supported directly by the LAN WorkPlace
SLIP_PPP driver in this initial release. One can use the IPTUNNEL
LAN driver (also included in LAN WorkPlace) to encapsulate IPX in
UDP/IP and attach to a NetWare v3.11 server running a similar
driver. This "IP Tunneling" mechanism is described in RFC 1234.
Direct IPX support for this PPP driver will be added later, but
the current tunneling mechanism is presently more widely
applicable... since few (if any) PPP implementations are presently
available with support for IPX.
7.3 386/486 PC's with SCO Unix:
7.3.1 SCO UNIX ODT2.0 AND LATER FOR 386/486 PC'S CONTAINS PPP.
7.3.2 MORNING STAR PPP RUNS UNDER SCO UNIX AND ODT (SEE 7.4)
7.4 for lots of computers running some Unix derivate:
Morning Star PPP
Price: $795 (40% discount for .edu)
Supported systems: Sun 4, Sun 3, NeXT, DECstation, RS/6000, SCO
UNIX, ISC
UNIX, and Silicon Graphics (for an actual complete
list, look at self-description
.
Features
demand-dial, scripting, filtering, redial, header compression,
client, server, tunneling, extra escaping, the ability to work with
various keycard access systems that require user interaction during
the script
Self-description
Morning Star claims that their async PPP and SLIP run fine over
UNIX systems' native serial ports, with no additional hardware
required. For better performance, they recommend that users of
PC-based UNIX systems install either a serial interface card based
on the NS16550AFN UART, or a multiport "smart" card. They claim to
do async PPP and SLIP/CSLIP as fast as the underlying UNIX supports
(usually 38400), and to do sync PPP up to T1 (1.544Mb/s) or E1
(Euro-T1, 2.048Mb/s) over their SnapLink. They provide
dynamically-loadable modules for SunOS 4.1.* and NeXTStep 2.1 and
3.0, so users needn't even reboot during the installation process.
WWW
http://www.morningstar.com
FTP
ftp.morningstar.com ftp.uu.net:/vendors/MorningStar/
E-mail:
marketing@morningstar.com
7.5 for SUN computers running SunOS
7.5.2 BRIXTON PPP
Supported systems: Sun 4
Features: demand-dial
7.5.3 SUNLINK PPP 1.0
was announced in SunFLASH Vol 49 # 1 (January 1993)
Requires SPARC(R) system running Solaris(R) 1.x operating
environment and either SunLink HSI/S or SunLink
MCP.
Features supports only synchronous up to 2MB/s lines,
load-sharing, dynamic routing. Only the obsolete
RFC1171/2 standard, but should interoperate with
newer implementations.
Price $1,225 (media, doc, and RTU) [in the USA only]
Comment for a necessary patch, look at the
configuration section.
7.5.4 SOLARIS 2.3
A frequently asked question in this newsgroup is ``How can I get PPP
working on Solaris 2.x?'' If you're willing to wait a few weeks, Sun
will do it for you. On Tuesday, SunSoft announced that Solaris 2.3 will
contain PPP. The press release says that Solaris 2.3 ``will be
generally available in early November.''
eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert)
The patch for the mishandling of Async control character mapping (in the
LCP and IPCP negotiation) for Solaris 2.3 is patch number 101425 (the
current revision level is -01). It should now be available from your
favorite Sun patchetorium (e.g. U.S. Answer Center, SunSolve,
SunService, etc.) This should allow you to interoperate with PPP that
weren't able to deal with this bug such as the Telebit Netblazers. It
also allows interoperation with versions of PPP that do not support IP
address negotiation.
therbert@r2d2.Eng.Sun.COM (Tom Herbert)
7.6 for NeXT
7.6.1 MORNING STAR PPP SEE 7.4
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Solaris 2.1: it's slow, needs 200M of disk space and comes without C compiler,
which makes it remarkably close to MS-Windows. oleg@gd.cs.csufresno.edu