Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!texbell!uhnix1!hounix!stevel From: stevel@hounix.UUCP (Steve Lancaster) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Re: uPort 'n' Excelan 'n' networking Summary: tcp microport 286 works! Message-ID: <3186@hounix.UUCP> Date: 27 Sep 89 03:45:18 GMT References: <1857@sialis.mn.org> Organization: Houston UNIX Users Group Lines: 19 In article <1857@sialis.mn.org>, rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin) writes: + Sitting at work, running Microport Unix on a '286 box, and now needing + to install some real networking, makes me wonder about some things... + + Microport seems to be the only software manufacturer on the planet who + will offer TCP/IP networking tools for a '286 machine with an Excelan + Ethernet board. + + However, since the investment being talked about is in excess of + $1,000, most of that going to Microport, I would like to find out if + anyone has actually done this, and what their results were, especially + in the areas of throughput and reliability. + + Any comments or thoughts greatly appreciated... This works just fine. I've been running this at work for several months, and have had no significant problems with the tcp-ip package. We use it as a name-time server. It also in its spare time collects statistics from our Micom data switch.