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- From: rh0083b@medtronic.COM (Roger-Hunen)
- Subject: Re: FTP's Kernel and Ipx/Netx compatibility
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.111125.6376@medtron.medtronic.com>
- Keywords: ethdrv, FTP, WD8003e, netx
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- References: <1992Jul22.031048.27400@news.nd.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 11:11:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.031048.27400@news.nd.edu> mandell@bach.helios.nd.edu (Dan Mandell) writes:
- >We currently use Hummingbird's Exceed Xwindows product with FTP's TCP/IP
- >ethdrv kernal running on top of the wd8003e packet drivers. Works great.
- >Except, that I don't seem to be able to run ipx/netx while FTP's ethdrv
- >kernel is loaded. I have been asked if it is possible to do this - and
- >seem to recall being told by FTP tech support that it can't be done. But
- >I thought one of the motivations for the packetdrivers was to allow several
- >protocoll stacks to use the same ethernet card (Western Digital) -
- >simultaneously, if need be. Is there something we could do to make this work?
- >Is theresomething that would replace the packetdriver that would support
- >a connection to both a unix host and a novell server at the same time.
- >Is anybody doing this?
-
- I'm doing this right now! What you need is an IPX that is linked with a
- packet driver interface. If you use an IPX linked with a WD8003e driver,
- you have two programs that try to control the NIC simultaneously. Needless
- to say that this is a safe way to create disaster. Get yourself the archive
- NOVELL.EXE (available from omnigate.clarkson.edu) and follow the
- instructions to create a new IPX. It works just fine for me.
-
- Regards,
- -Roger
- (I speak for myself)
-