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Title:EtherWORKS Notes Conference
Notice:WWW server at http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/adapters/
Moderator:NETCAD::STEFANI
Created:Wed Sep 01 1993
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1318
Total number of notes:5673

1309.0. "FDDI and OS/2 Wrap" by ZPOVC::COLINTONG () Tue Apr 29 1997 23:55

    Hi,
    
    My customer is upgrading his OS/2 wrap station from token ring to FDDI/EISA
    DEFEA-UA in OS/2 wrap environment. He claimed that he cannot use OS/2's 
    Multi-Protocol Transport Services ( MPTS ) to configure the card. It is 
    because in the configuration menu for frame format there is no option for 
    FDDI. IBM refused to offer any help.
    
    I have the following questions:
    
    1. Is the card supported in OS/2 warp ?
    
    2. How to use MPTS to configure the card ?
    
    Any comment will be appreciated ?
    
    Thanks and Regards
    
    Colin Tong  
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1309.1Configure for Ethernet...MAVRIC::POSTNetwork backed up? Give it more fiber.Wed Apr 30 1997 08:469
    Hi,
    
    If you are using the NDIS2 OS/2 driver, then configure MTPS to use
    Ethernet. The NDIS2 specification does not support FDDI, so our OS/2
    FDDI driver emulates Ethernet up to the NDIS interface....
    
    Hope this helps!
                                           
    -Don
1309.2NETCAD::STEFANIFDDI Adapters R UsWed Apr 30 1997 16:4291
Re: .0

I don't know whether the customer you're referring to is Tng Beng Chye, but if
so, I just recently replied to his question concerning the OS/2 ODI client
driver.

Basically, under OS/2 there are two drivers to choose from.  The DEFEA.OS2
driver (as Don mentioned in .1) emulates Ethernet and Ethernet framing (64-1514
bytes).  If you're using this driver, configure your SW and protocol stack as
if you're running over an Ethernet adapter.  The DEFEA.SYS driver is an OS/2
ODI FDDI client driver that supports native FDDI framing and packet range. 
This is in accordance to the Novell OS/2 ODI Specification.  If you're using
this driver, configure your SW appropriately.

Hope this helps.
   Larry

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>>Anyway, today I hv tried to use ODINSUP.SYS
>>but the system claimed that DEFEA.SYS has
>>insufficient frames type supported when it
>>try to netbind.
>>As in the NET.CFG, I can only turn on 
>>FDDI_802.2 & FDDI_SNAP, I am not sure
>>whether that's is the limitation.

The DEFEA.SYS OS/2 ODI client driver conforms to the OS/2 ODI client driver
specification for FDDI adapters.  The only two frame types supported under ODI
for FDDI are FDDI_802.2 and FDDI_SNAP.  All production protocols that run on
FDDI use one or both of these frame types.

You should check your protocol stack documentation/vendor to see whether they
support FDDI OS/2 ODI client drivers.  If so, they must accept one of the above
frame types.  For example, TCP/IP mostly uses FDDI_SNAP while IPX can use
either FDDI_802.2 or FDDI_SNAP.

Regards,
    Larry

-----Original Message-----
From:	Tng Beng Chye [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent:	Wednesday, April 30, 1997 8:32 AM
To:	[email protected]
Cc:	Lim Pun Kok
Subject:	Fw: DEC Fddi

Hi Stefani,

Sorry to bother u again, as I do not know
who to send to for DEC FDDI NIC support.

Anyway, today I hv tried to use ODINSUP.SYS
but the system claimed that DEFEA.SYS has
insufficient frames type supported when it
try to netbind.

As in the NET.CFG, I can only turn on 
FDDI_802.2 & FDDI_SNAP, I am not sure
whether that's is the limitation.

Pls kindly adv whether u or your colleage has
any experience with DEC FDDI NIC install
in a OS/2 Warp 3 Server running both
IPX & IP protocol?

Thanks.

Brgds/Tng

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> From: Tng B C <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: DEC Fddi
> Date: Wednesday, April 30, 1997 10:55 AM
> 
> Hi Stefani,
> 
> The pbm is with 1514 frame size, I am getting 
> session lost when I am trying to copy database 
> between the 2 lotus notes server.
> Pls adv.
> 
> Best Regards
> Tng Beng Chye ([email protected])
> Information & Technical Services Pte Ltd
> 8 Shenton Way, #16-02,
> Temasek Tower.
> Singapore 068811.
> Tel:  65-3237800
> Fax:  65-2279833
1309.3Yes, same customerZPOVC::COLINTONGThu May 01 1997 00:005
    Re. -1,
    
    Yes, we are working with the same customer. Thanks for your reply.
    
    Colin Tong, technical support Singapore