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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
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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

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