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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
- Supersedes: <ppp-faq/part7_764536807@cs.uni-bonn.de>
- Followup-To: poster
- Date: 7 Apr 1994 18:21:14 GMT
- Organization: computer science department, university of Bonn, Germany
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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!)
- Xref: bloom-beacon.mit.edu comp.protocols.ppp:3274 news.answers:17786 comp.answers:4807
-
- Archive-name: ppp-faq/part7
- Version: $Revision: 3.10 $
- Last-modified: $Date: 94/02/01 12:31:24 $
- 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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- --
- --
- Ignatios Souvatzis
- -
- 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
-