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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
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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.