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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gumby!destroyer!news.iastate.edu!isucard.card.iastate.edu!MLONG
  3. From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
  4. Subject: Re: TCP/IP+ethernet+DOS Packet Drivers
  5. Message-ID: <168639AF1.MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu>
  6. Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: CARD
  8. References: <1992Sep11.022336.29738@ctr.columbia.edu> <18qle9INNqrt@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
  9. Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 17:01:01 GMT
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  12. In article <18qle9INNqrt@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>                                                                                                         
  13. dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell) writes:                                                                                                            
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  15. >                                                                                                                                                     
  16. >In a previous article, myersr@geoduck.nosc.mil () says:                                                                                              
  17. >                                                                                                                                                     
  18. >>Anybody get this combo working?  Is it possible?                                                                                                    
  19. >>                                                                                                                                                    
  20. >                                                                                                                                                     
  21. >I am also interested in finding out if this is posible.                                                                                              
  22. >                                                                                                                                                     
  23. >It would be really nice if IBM were to release a vpkt_drv.sys                                                                                        
  24. >which would give each dos session its own virtual packet driver.                                                                                     
  25. >                                                                                                                                                     
  26. >Is there such a thing all ready?                                                                                                                     
  27. >Is it possible to make something like that?                                                                                                          
  28. >                                                                                                                                                     
  29.                                                                                                                                                       
  30. You can do this today with a token ring card,the beta NTS/2, and the IBMTOKEN                                                                         
  31. packet driver.You should be able to do this with ethernet also, if your                                                                               
  32. ethernet packet driver is written to 802.2 LLC standard.                                                                                              
  33. Mike Long                                                                                                                                             
  34. Iowa State University                                                                                                                                 
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