Re: TCP/IP stack for PCs

[John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 3 Jan 1995, Hugh S. Ellis wrote:

> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I will be using my FreeBSD system as a firewall through which my users 
> will connect to the Internet.  (Network's not connected yet since my firewall
> isn't quite ready :(   
> 
> While FreeBSD is really cool, I think I may get some resistance to converting
> all my users from DOS to FreeBSD.  Given that they may be running DOS, or 
> worse, DOS + Novell, what is the best way to allow them to access my FreeBSD
> server? 

since you are running Novell... you might want to look at Lan Workplace 
for dos..  it provides a TCP/IP stack while using the ODI drivers 
allowing them to coexist quite nicely...  then if you need packet driver 
interface... you can use a program called ODIPKT... it will provide a 
pktdriver interface over the ODI driver... but it doesn't use the TCP/IP 
stack... it uses it own stack....

> 
> I have been told that there are some reasonable public domain TCP stacks for 
> PCs running Windows.  Any recomsmendations as to what I should be 
looking for?
> Also, if I can tune up my firewall, I would like to get them running X.  Are
> there versions of X for MS-Windows  out there?  What is likely to be most
> compatible with my FreeBSD system?

and as some one else mentioned... Xappeal... I know that it should be on 
a SimTel mirror in the xwindows directory...  Hope this works... TTYL...

John-Mark Gurney

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