RE: Mr. ISDN, TCP/IP Stack

alexdonnini@corporateink.com
Mon, 10 Jun 96 20:42:00 -0500

The trick is to do it under a widely available commercial operating system like
Windows. Regardless of what one might think of Windows from a technical
standpoint, it is the environment of choice for most non-technical users.

Thanks.

Alex Donnini

On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Peter Marelas <maral@sprint.com.au> wrote:
>Someone like freebsd will do what you want using user ppp.
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>Check the Freebsd mailing lists/documentation http://www.freebsd.org/
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>On Mon, 10 Jun 1996 alexdonnini@corporateink.com wrote:
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>> I have tested a number of TCP/IP stacks with a PM-2er and a 5-port ISDN
board.
>> The ones tested include: FTP's, TGV's, Frontier's, Spry and Softronics. None
of
>> them will give you the functionality you are looking for (i.e. on-demand
dialing
>> with dynamic IP address assignment). They all miss a critical piece which you
>> can call a "virtual" dialer. I would love to be proven wrong on this, but I
>> called all of the vendors listed above and Netmanage (whose package I did not
>> test). They all confirmed my test results.
>> The only exception to the above is if you have a dedicated connection with a
>> static IP address on the ISP side). In this case, FTP's PCTCP should work
(with
>> considerable help from FTP). TGV's upcoming Multinet 2.0 should also work
(again
>> with a lot of help from the vendor). Of the others, I think Frontier's Super
TCP
>> should work.
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>> On Sun, 9 Jun 1996, John Gardy <jgardy@alma.net> wrote:
>> >Greetings,
>> >
>> >Please forgive me if it's a repeat. Could some kind soul point me
>> >to the right place for a TCP/IP stack. I am told that I need to
>> >install it on our each LAN machine to be able to use a web browser
>> >and eudora. We are using windows for workgroups 3.11 and we are
>> >connected to the Internet via ISDN using PM's Office Router (OR-U).
>> >
>> >I checked "www.microsoft.com" that has it for win95 only.
>> >
>> >You may send me your reply direct.
>> >
>> >TIA.
>> >
>> >J. Gardy
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