Xref: utzoo comp.protocols.tcp-ip:4752 comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc:819 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!yale!cmcl2!polyof!john From: john@polyof.UUCP ( John Buck ) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: Need TCP/IP support for 3C505 card Keywords: TCP/IP, 3Com, 3C505 Message-ID: <383@polyof.UUCP> Date: 27 Sep 88 22:36:57 GMT References: <157@amtfocus.UUCP> Organization: Polytechnic University, Farmingdale NY Lines: 29 In article <157@amtfocus.UUCP>, irab@amtfocus.UUCP (Ira Brenner) writes: > ... We have 3Com 3C505 boards, > about a year old, and Wollongong Groups WIN/PC product for software. > The problem is the WIN/PC software (at least the revision level we're > at) does not seem to support the 3C505 properly. I am not writing this to > flame on Wollongong specifically, but their help in this situation has > left much to be desired. Anyway, the real question is: are there any other > software packages, possibly public domain, that will support the 3C505? Yes, but I don't know if your luck with FTP Software, Inc. is going to be much better! We recently got a 3Com-523 (Micro-channel) card for our new PS2 system. We had an AT with a 3C505, and upgraded. I called FTP Inc. and asked to order the version for the 523... They said I could upgrade my old software for the new software for a reasonable price. The lady told me she would ship it "right away". That was over a month ago. I called FTP today, and they said that their latest product is "on hold". She did not know "when it would be released for shipment." I find this very annoying, and hard to believe! (How can they not know when a release is going to be ready?) However, we have been using their older version, 1.16, and it works fine with a 3C505. If you plan on ordering it from them, however, be prepared to wait a loooooooooong time, as their shipment/release policies seem lacking. I can not comment on the 3C523 software yet, as we (obviously) do not have it. BTW, if you can wait for your software, FTP can be reached at: 617-868-4878 john@polyof.poly.edu [128.238.10.100] john@polygraf.bitnet