Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!husc6!uwvax!oddjob!ncar!ames!necntc!dandelion!ulowell!interlan!backman From: backman@interlan.UUCP (Larry Backman) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: multiplexing interfaces (was 'ethernet over pcnet') Message-ID: <542@interlan.UUCP> Date: 5 Jul 88 12:10:54 GMT References: <8806302243.AA04705@vax.ftp.com> <8807020104.aa01228@Louie.UDEL.EDU> Reply-To: backman@interlan.UUCP (Larry Backman) Organization: MICOM-Interlan, Boxborough, MA (1-800-LAN-TALK) Lines: 23 >I agree that the breakthrough will come when the likes of 3Com and >Novell support multiplexing interfaces. The MAC/Vector interface from >There's also the issue that some proprietary LANs consist of multiple >at the driver interface. If/when Novell provide a multiplexing interface >to allow multiple protocols to run on top of IPX, then this is probably the >optimum level at which to interface (i.e. using IPX as the sub-network layer) [] I got a strange phone-call from one of my Novell contacts laast week. He asked if we (Interlan) were interested in rewriting all of our drivers to a new Novell specification that allowed multiple protocols to access the same board. I refered him to our existing NI5210 Netware packet driver that support's FTP Software's paackage. He said their new speecification was like that but better!! Anyways, he was a marketing type who was easily confused by terms like "multiplex". Anyone out there know about this. It may be a Novell fantasy which will not become real for 2 years!! Larry Backman