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- From: rawn@lead.aichem.arizona.edu (Rawn Shah)
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- Subject: (PC)NFS & related topics FAQ [part 01/06]
- Summary: This is the FAQ list about PC & Macintosh based NFS & TCP/IPproduct
- for readers of comp.protocols.nfs &comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
- Message-ID: <278254$rgg@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 15 Sep 1993 21:40:52 GMT
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- Archive-name: pcnfs-faq/part1
- Last-modified: 1993/09/06
- Version: 1.4
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-
- Sorry this issue is pretty late. I've been rather busy of late.
-
- Disclaimer:
- The material in this FAQ is not based on preferrence for any
- one product. All questions have been drawn from the archives of
- comp.protocols.nfs starting from the very beginning. To all distributers/
- software houses: If you feel that there is unfair representation of your
- product in this list please mail me at:
- rawn@rtd.com or
- rawn@xray1.chem.arizona.edu
-
- or call:
- (602) 318-0696 [US]
-
- I have to admit that there is one bias. All addresses or phone numbers which
- do not state which country they are in, are in the US. I've been pretty
- oblivious about that.
-
- NOTE: If you use this FAQ list and decide you like a product listed here
- enough to purchase it, please mention where you got this information to the
- product seller. Thank you.
-
- Rawn Shah
- RTD Systems & Networking, Inc.
- Tucson, AZ
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- *. This FAQ
-
- *-1. What topics does this FAQ cover?
- *-2. Where can I get this FAQ?
- *-3. Who helped write this FAQ?
- *-4. Who maintains this FAQ?
- *-5. Who maintains comp.protocols.nfs?
- *-6. Where are the archives for comp.protocols.nfs?
- *-7. Trademarks and Registered names.
- *-8. What do the -, + and * before the questions mean?
- *-9. *Whats up and coming in the next issue of the FAQ list?
-
- The real FAQ:
-
- A. Basics
-
- A-1. What is NFS?
- A-2. What is (PC)NFS?
- A-3. Where can I get (PC)NFS for my DOS system?
- A-4. Where can I get (PC)NFS for my MS-Windows system?
- A-5. +Where can I get (PC)NFS for my Macintosh system?
- A-6. What is PC-NFS as opposed to (PC)NFS?
- A-7. What is TCP/IP?
- A-8. What is telnet? What is ftp?
- A-9. What is a client? What is a server? Why do I need them?
- A-10. Where can I get (PC)NFS cheap/free/PD?
- A-11. What is SOS & SOSS? Where can I get it?
- A-12. +Are there any free NFS clients available for DOS?
- A-13. What is SLIP?
- A-14. *What is PPP?
-
- B. Setup
-
- B-1. *What are the different types of drivers available?
- B-2. -What are "shim"s? What shims are available?
- B-3. What are packet drivers? Where do I get them?
- B-4. Can I use packet drivers with (PC)NFS?
- B-5. +Can I run (PC)NFS over SLIP?
- B-6. Can I run (PC)NFS at the same time as Netware?
- B-7. Can I run (PC)NFS at the same time as CUTCP or NCSA Telnet?
- B-8. Can (PC)NFS run with NDIS drivers?
- B-9. +Can I use (PC)NFS to mount a diskless PC from a remote server?
- B-10. Can (PC)NFS run over token ring?
- B-11. Can I run PC-NFS with my 3C509 Etherlink III card?
- B-12. Can I run PC-NFS slip at higher baud rates than 9600?
- B-13. Can I access an MSCDEX CD-ROM with PC-NFS?
- B-14. Can I run NDIS over Packet drivers?
- B-15. *How does ODI compare to NDIS?
-
- C. Server
-
- C-1. What is pcnfsd? What is pcnfsdv2?
- C-2. +Where can I get pcnfsd for my server system?
- C-3. -What is lockd?
- C-4. How can I test NFS performance?
- C-5. What is NHFSSTONES? Where can I get it?
- C-6. -What will help my server increase performance?
- C-7. How many nfsd's & biod's should I run on my server?
- C-8. What is asynchronous I/O? How can I modify my NFS server system to use
- asynchronous I/O?
- C-9. What is a good NFS server?
- C-10. What is LADDIS?
- C-11. -What is XRemote & LBX?
-
- D. Applications
-
- D-1. +Where can I get mail with (PC)NFS?
- D-2. Where can I get news with (PC)NFS?
- D-3. Where can I get an FTP server?
- D-4. Where can I get rwalld for (PC)NFS? [May be removed, please read]
- D-5. Where can I get a INT-14 redirector for (PC)NFS?
- D-6. Where can I get YPPASSWD for PC-NFS?
- D-7. Where can I get IBM 3270 terminal for (PC)NFS?
- D-8. Where can I get an X-Windows server for (PC)NFS?
- D-9. -Where can I get a calender/scheduling program for (PC)NFS?
- D-10. +Where can I get a database that works with (PC)NFS?
- D-11. +Where can I get a WAIS client for (PC)NFS?
- D-12. Where can I get an archie for (PC)NFS?
- D-13. +Where can I get a gopher client for (PC)NFS?
- D-14. Where can I get a WWW (World Wide Web) client for (PC)NFS?
- D-15. Where can I get X25 for (PC)NFS?
- D-16. Where can I get NEWGRP.EXE for PC-NFS?
- D-17. Where can I get AUTOCONF for PC-NFS?
- D-18. Where can I get a backup utiliy for (PC)NFS?
- D-19. Which (PC)NFS packages support DNS [named]?
- D-20. *Where can I get a traceroute program?
- D-21. *Where can I get an LPD program?
-
- E. Problems & General Q&A
-
- E-1. -How can I load (PC)NFS into DOS high memory?
- E-2. Can I use DNS instead of NIS with PC-NFS?
- E-3. Why do some versions of (PC)NFS not follow symbolic links?
- E-4. PC-NFS v4.0 has trouble with Cntl-S, Cntl-Q.
- E-5. PC-NFS v4.0 has trouble with redrawing the window while in MS-Windows.
- E-6. +PC-NFS v4.0 doesn't allow me to access the local printer when I have
- network printers.
- E-7. I cannot delete any file that PC-NFS makes with a ~ (tilde) in it.
- E-8. PC-NFS says that it cannot open any more files even when the limit in
- autoexec.bat is set higher.
- E-9. Can (PC)NFS mount file systems which are bigger than 2 GB?
- E-10. What is NFS/TCP? Will it work with my NFS?
- E-11. What is PKTD.SYS? Where can I get it?
- E-12. How can I run Novell Netware (tm) 3.xx at the same time as (PC)NFS
- using NDIS?
- E-13. -How many PC's can work with a single PC-NFS server?
- E-14. Is it possible to modify the read & write buffer sizes in (PC)NFS?
- E-15. How can I install Ethernet boards not supported by (PC)NFS?
-
- F. Programming
-
- F-1. Is there a toolkit for (PC)NFS programming? Whats the latest version
- and where can I get it?
- F-2. What is the Windows Sockets API (winsock)? Where can I get it?
- F-3. What is the latest version of the NFS protocol?
- F-4. What happened to version 3 of the NFS protocol?
- F-5. What is the current RPC version? Where can I get it?
- F-6. +Where can I get the RPC definition for PCNFSD?
- F-7. What are RFC's? What RFC's describe the NFS protocol? Where can I get
- these RFC's?
- F-8. *How can I tell if a file is NFS mounted from a server?
-
- G. Product Features Comparisons
-
- G-1. Driver support comparison chart of different products.
- G-2. Protocol support comparison chart of different products.
- G-3. MS-Windows applications and support chart of different products.
- G-4. Utilities available with different products.
- G-5. Telnet features of different products.
- G-6. TCP/IP package compability with other network protocols.
- G-7. Features of different X-windows products.
-
- H. Information Sources
-
- H-1. Chest - Council for Higher Education Software Transfer [UK]
- H-2. X/Open
- H-3. Books
- H-4. Related Papers (published)
- H-5. +Popular FTP sites
- H-6. Related FAQ's, USENET lists, mail lists.
-
- W. Third-Party Email Software
-
- W-1. *CliqAccessories Quadratron Systems
- W-2. *Higgins Group Prod sw Enable Software
- W-3. *Linkage Concentric Technologies
- W-4. *OpenMail Hewlett-Packard
- W-5. *PathWay Messenger The Wollongong Group.
- W-6. PC-Eudora Qualcomm Software.
- W-7. *SelectMail SunSelect
-
- X. X-Windows Software
-
- X-1. eXceed Hummingbird Software Ltd.
- X-2. eXcursion DEC
- X-3. eXodus White Pines Software.
- X-4. Micro X-Lite StarNet Communications Corporation.
- X-5. MultiView/X JSB Corporation
- X-6. PC-Xware & PC-Xview NCD, Inc.
- X-7. PC X-server & PC Link XLink
- X-8. PC-Xsight Locus Computing Corp.
- X-9. PC DECWindows Motif DEC
- X-10. -Reflection X Walker, Richer & Quinn
- X-11. X Appeal Xtreme s.a.s.
- X-12. Xoftware AGE Logic, Inc.
- X-13. Xvision VisionWare Soft, Inc
- X-14. X-windows for OS/2 IBM
-
- Y. Other Third Party & Related Software
-
- Server Products:
- Y-1. eNFS INTERSTREAM
- Y-2. Multinet TGV, Inc.
- Y-3. -DEC TCP/IP Digitial Equipment Corp.
- Y-4. -NHFSSTONE Legato
- Y-5. -PrestoServe Legato
- Y-6. SOSS Rich Braun
- Y-7. TCPWare for VMS Process Software Corp.
-
- Other software:
- Y-9. -WinTrumpet Peter Tatam.
- Y-10. -WinVN
-
- Z. TCP/IP & NFS Products
-
- Z-1. AIR for Windows SPRY, Inc.
- Z-2. BW-NFS Beame & Whiteside, Inc.
- Z-3. Chameleon NFS NetManage
- Z-4. CU/TCP Clarkson University/Rutgers University
- Z-5. Distinct TCP Distinct Corp.
- Z-6. -LAN Manager TCP/IP Microsoft Corp.
- Z-7. LAN Workplace NFS Novell, Inc.
- Z-8. NCSA Telnet Nat'l Center for Supercomputing Applications.
- Z-9. NFS/Share Intercon, Inc.
- Z-10. NS & ARPA Services Hewlett-Packard, Inc.
- Z-11. +Pathway Access DOS/Win The Wollongong Group.
- Z-12. PathWay Access OS/2 The Wollongong Group.
- Z-13. PC-NFS SunSelect Inc.
- Z-14. PC/TCP FTP Inc.
- Z-15. Reflection Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc.
- Z-16. SuperTCP Frontier Technology, Corp.
- Z-17. TCP/IP for DOS IBM
- Z-18. -TCP/IP for OS/2 IBM
- Z-19. TCP/Open Lanera Corp.
- Z-20. TTCP Turbosoft Pte. Ltd.
- Z-21. WATTCP Erick Engelke
- Z-22. WinQVT QPC Software, Inc.
-
- Z-23. *Fusion Pacific Softworks, Inc.
- Z-24. *PathWay Access for Mac The Wollongong Group.
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- *-1. What topics does this FAQ cover?
-
- This Frequently Asked Questions list covers questions on commonly available
- NFS products and related products and topics running on PC systems and
- Macintosh systems. The original section of topics has increased so much that
- I've expanded them into separate sections as well. The topics now covered
- are:
-
- A. Basics - general questions on what NFS, (PC)NFS, & TCP/IP are.
- B. Setup - questions on setting up these products
- C. Server - questions on the PCNFSD server & server system
- administration
- D. Applications - commercial and public-domain applications which
- will work with these systems.
- E. Problems & General Q&A - questions, problems and general info on
- (PC)NFS maintainence.
- F. Programming - Programming toolkit and NFS & RPC related
- programming questions.
- G. Product Features Comparions - This compares the features of
- the TCP/IP packages.
- H. Information Sources - This is a list of organizations or sources
- of information on NFS, XDR, Winsock, lists, etc.
- W. Third Party Email - This is a list of commercial and shareware
- email packages
- X. Xwindows Packages - This is a list of commercial Xwindows
- software
- Y. Third Party & Related Software - Third party products such as
- server software, news, etc.
- Z. TCP/IP & NFS products - Commercial and public domain/shareware
- TCP/IP & NFS products.
-
- NOTE: Throughout this document all vendors are referred to by their entry
- number in section Z, eg.
- Z-X refers to entry X in section Z.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- *-2. Where can I get this FAQ?
-
- This FAQ is available on the USENET newsgroup, posted once in every two
- weeks and also on the following FTP sites:
- seagull.rtd.com: /pub/tcpip/pcnfs.FAQ
- ftp.york.ac.uk: /pcnfs/FAQ/pcnfs.FAQ
-
- As of August:
- bcm.tmc.edu: /nfs
- src.doc.ic.ac.uk
- ftpserver.massey.ac.nz
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- *-3. Who helped write this FAQ?
-
- The information in the FAQ is a collection generated from my personal
- knowledge and with the help of the following people who I'm very grateful
- to:
-
- Geoff Arnold (geoff@east.sun.com) Sun Microsystems
- Farid Rahmi (fr@sunbim.be) Sunbim (?)
- Marty Udescci (martyu@twg.com) The Wollongong Group
- Chip Sparling (chip@ftp.com) FTP Software
- Fred Whiteside (fred@bws.com) Beame & Whiteside
- C. J. Sacksteder, et. al. (cjs@psuvm.psu.edu) Independent
- Dean (Dean@frontiertech.com) Frontier Tech.
- Winifred Crowther Beame & Whiteside
- Kenneth Adelman (Adelman@tgv.com) TGV, Inc.
- Bruce Miller (Miller@tgv.com) TGV, Inc.
- John Keyes (john.keyes@east.sun.com) Sun Microsystems
- Vernon Schryver (vjs@sgi.com) SGI, Inc.
- Marc Wiz (mwiz@austin.ibm.com) IBM Corp. (The Core Group)
- Dave Fetrow (fetrow@biostat.washington.edu) Univ. of Washington
- Fritz Mueller (fritz@netmanage.com) NetManage, Inc.
- Zvi Alon (zvi@netmanage.com) NetManage, Inc.
- Brian Pawlowski (beepy@ennoyab.eng.sun.com) Sun Microsystems
- Edmund J. Sutcliffe (edmund@york.ac.uk) Univ. of York
- Erick Engelke - Independent
- Giovanni Novelli Xtreme s.a.s
- Danny Thomas (vthrc@mailbox.uq.oz.au) Independent
- Thomas Dwyer III (tomiii@mtu.edu) Independent
- Geert Jan de Groot (geertj@ica.philips.nl) Philips
- Francis K. Selkirk (fks@ftp.com) ftp Software Inc.
- Alan Arndt (aga@Comtech.com) Comtech Labs
- Gavin Longmuir (gavin@sorokin.anu.edu.au) Australian Nat'l Univ.
- George Brad Weiner (sales@age.com) AGE Logic, Inc.
- George Stump The Wollongong Group, Inc.
-
- Special thanks to:
- Edmund Sutcliffe & the University of York for providing an FTP site
-
- Geoff Arnold for placing the FAQ on the comp.protocols.nfs FTP sites.
-
- C.J.Sacksteder for allowing the use of portions of his document,
- "Features of TCP/IP Packages for DOS and Windows" (Version 0.5 5/13/93)
-
- Brian Pawlowski for allowing the use of his list of bibliographic entries on
- papers for NFS, XDR, and RPC.
-
- To any others that I may have forgotten, you have the right to look me up
- in Tucson and demand a beer out of me.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- *-4. Who maintains this FAQ?
-
- This FAQ is maintained by Rawn Shah. Any additions, clarifications,
- modifications and other changes to the FAQ should be directed to me. You can
- reach me at any of the following addresses (in order of preferrence):
- rawn@rtd.com
- rawn@xray1.chem.arizona.edu
-
- You can also contact me at the following postal address:
-
- Rawn Shah
- RTD Systems & Networking, Inc.
- 2601 N. Campbell Ste 202B,
- Tucson, AZ 85719
- USA
-
- or the following US phone numbers:
- Phone: (602) 318-0696
- FAX: (602) 318-0695
-
- This FAQ list may not be modified or redistributed under any other name
- other than that reserved by the author. You may reproduce the FAQ and
- distribute it freely as long as you maintain the original author.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- *-5. Who maintains comp.protocols.nfs?
-
- This is an unmoderated USENET newsgroup although there are regular posters
- who will be able to help with your questions related to (PC)NFS products.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- *-6. Where are the archives for comp.protocols.nfs?
-
- The archives for comp.protocols.nfs are kept at the following FTP sites:
- bcm.tmc.edu
- src.doc.ic.ac.uk
- ftpserver.massey.ac.nz
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- *-7. Trademarks and Registered names.
-
- AppleTalk, LocalTalk and Macintosh are registered trademarks and MacX and
- A/UX are trademarks of Apple Computer Corp.
- VMS, and OpenVMS are registered trademarks of Digital Equipment Corp.
- ONC, NFS, NIS & PC-NFS are registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems
- Computer Corp.
- PC/TCP and Interdrive are trademarks of FTP Software Inc.
- BW-TCP and BW-NFS are trademarks of Beame & Whiteside Software, Ltd.
- IBM, IBM PC, AIX & OS/2 are registered trademarks and LAN Server is a
- trademark of International Business Machines, Inc.
- Chameleon, ChameleonNFS and Newt are trademarks of NetManage Corp.
- DEC, VMS, OpenVMS, DECnet are registered trademarks and eXcursion and
- DECwindows are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation
- TSSNet is a trademark of Thursby Software Systems, Inc.
- PathWay, PathWay Access & PathWay Client NFS are trademarks of The
- Wollongong Group
- SuperTCP is a trademark of Frontier Technologies, Inc.
- XVision is a trademark of VisionWare Software Ltd., UK.
- eNFS is a trademark of INTERSTREAM, Inc.
- AIR is a trademark of SPRY, Inc.
- ODI and LAN WorkPlace are trademarks of Novell, Inc.
- NDIS, MS-DOS and MS-Windows are registered trademarks and LAN Manager is a
- trademark of Microsoft Corp.
- MOTIF is a trademark of the Open Software Foundation, Inc.
- WINQVT/NET and WINQVT/NFS are trademarks of QPC Software Corp.
- HCL-eXceed, HCL-eXceed Plus, and HCL-eXtend are trademarks of Hummingbird
- Software, Ltd.
- TCPOpen is a trademark of Lanera Corp.
- UNIX is a trademark of Unix Systems Laboratories
- Multinet is a trademark of TGV, Inc.
- PC-Xware & PC-Xview are trademarks of NCD, Inc.
- PC-Xsight is a trademark of Locus Computing Corp.
- Multiview/X is a trademark of JSB Corporation
- PC X-server & PC-Link are trademarks of XLink Corp.
- eXodus is a trademark of White Pines Software.
- CU/TCP is a trademark of Clarkson University and Rutgers University
- NCSA Telnet is a trademark of the National Center for Supercomputing
- Applications.
- Micro X-Lite is a trademark of StarNet Communications Corp.
- AIR is a trademark of SPRY, Inc.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- *-8. What do the -, + and * before the questions mean?
-
- The - is used to signify that the question is out of date or has no
- information related with it.
-
- The + is used to signify that the question has been recently updated with
- new information or corrections have been made to the answer.
-
- The * signifies the question as a new one as of the current FAQ version
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- *-9. Whats up and coming in the next issue of the FAQ list?
-
- The FAQ is expanding at good rate and I'm still waiting for it to level off.
- Coming issues should include:
- - more Xwindows products
- - a few more TCP products (Fusion, DLink, etc)
- - some more setup questions.
- - a better description of NFS 3 once I finish reading it.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- A. Basics
- =========
-
- A-1. What is NFS?
-
- Network File System (NFS) is file system that will mount remote file systems
- across homogenous and heterogenous systems. NFS consists of a client and
- server systems. An NFS server can export local directories for remote NFS
- clients to use. NFS runs over IP using UDP (commonly). There are NFS
- implementations that will work using TCP as the network transport service.
- NFS was originally developed by Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. (SMCC) and
- is now part of their Open Network Computing (ONC) initiative. NFS has been
- accepted by the IETF in certain RFC's (see question F-X) as a standard for
- file services on TCP/IP networks on the Internet.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- A-2. What is (PC)NFS?
-
- (PC)NFS is a generic term referring to all NFS systems running on IBM PC and
- compatible systems as well as other Personal Computer systems as defined
- upon by the X/Open Group.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- A-3. Where can I get (PC)NFS for my DOS system?
-
- (PC)NFS for DOS systems is available from the following vendors:
-
- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- Product Name Vendor Pricing Entry
- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- AIR SPRY Z-1
- PC-NFS SunSelect *$435 Z-13
- BWNFS Beame & Whiteside *$395 Z-2
- PC/TCP FTP Corp. *$400 Z-14
- IBM TCP/IP IBM Z-17
- LAN Manager TCP Microsoft Z-6
- PathWay The Wollongong Group * Z-11
- SuperTcp Frontier Tech. *$495 Z-16
- LAN Workplace Novell $ Z-7
-
- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-
- * means other pricings available see corresponding entry for product in
- Section Z.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- A-4. Where can I get (PC)NFS for my MS-Windows system?
-
- (PC)NFS for MS-Windows is available from the following vendors:
-
- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- Product Name Vendor Pricing Entry
- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- AIR SPRY $ Z-1
- PC-NFS SunSelect *$435 Z-13
- BWNFS Beame & Whiteside *$349 Z-2
- Distinct Distinct Corp. Z-5
- TCPOpen Lanera Corp. Z-19
- PC/TCP FTP Corp. *$400 Z-14
- PathWay The Wollongong Group * Z-11
- ChameleonNFS NetManage *$495 Z-3
- SuperTCP Frontier Tech. Z-16
- WinQVT/Net QPC Inc. $40 (shareware) Z-22
- $20 (student)
- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-
- * other pricings available; see corresponding entry for product in
- Section Z.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- A-5. Where can I get NFS for my Macintosh system?
-
- You can get NFS clients for Macintosh from:
- The Wollongong Group: PathWay NFS [Z-11]
- Intercon: NFS/Share [Z-9]
-
- There are also packages for hardware gateways which will allow Macintosh
- systems to NFS drive systems. Cayman systems puts out the GatorShare
- software for their GatorBox and GatorStar series which gateway LocalTalk
- based Macintosh systems onto an Ethernet and allow IP tunneling inside
- Appletalk to reach external systems. GatorShare allows Macintoshs to mount
- NFS disks as AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) volumes which are displayed as
- remote drives on the Apple Chooser. Shiva & Fallaron have similar gateway
- (DDP-IP) systems.
-
- IPT has a software only system that works in concert with one of the above
- mentioned hardware systems that allow Unix systems to export disks as AFP
- volumes. IPT's Partner is not in strict sense an NFS system. It implements
- Appletalk on Unix systems and exports drives and printers as Appletalk ones.
- CAP (Columbia Appletalk) is a public domain package which has similar
- services.
-
- Work is currently in progress to produce a software based DDP-IP package
- that will connect LocalTalk Macintoshes through a Mac system with both
- LocalTalk & Ethernet interfaces to Ethernet based IP systems. Hopefully the
- project will be completed before October. Initial prospects are to
- distribute this as shareware.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- A-6. What is PC-NFS as opposed to (PC)NFS?
-
- PC-NFS is a specific NFS product for PC systems from SunSelect. PC-NFS is a
- registered trademark and so should NOT be used as a generic term describing
- all NFS systems on PC's. (PC)NFS is a generic term describing NFS systems on
- PC's as decided upon by the members of X/Open.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- A-7. What is TCP/IP?
-
- Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is the main
- transport protocol used on the Internet for connectivity and transmission of
- data across heterogenous systems. It is an open standard which is available
- on most Unix systems, VMS and other minicomputer systems, many mainframe &
- supercomputing systems and some microcomputer & PC systems.
-
- TCP/IP is a software solution for network connectivity. There is little
- assumption on the hardware system used for actual physical connections. The
- most common hardware solution is Ethernet, but TCP/IP will also run on
- Token-Ring, AT&T StarLAN, microwave & spread spectrum systems , LocalTalk
- (needs a gateway), Serial lines (modems, serial connections) and other
- systems as well.
-
- To run TCP/IP on a system you first need a hardware driver. On Macintosh
- systems, the hardware drivers are built into the system or is provided by
- the board manufacturer. On a PC system, there are different types of
- hardware drivers available both commercially and via public domain/shareware
- including the Packet driver specification by FTP Software, Inc., Microsoft's
- Network Device Interface Specification (NDIS), & Novell's Open Datalink
- Interface (ODI). Drivers for OS/2 systems are available from IBM and/or the
- board manufacturer (if they support OS/2). If a driver is not available for
- your hardware, look for a shim. This is a software device which translates
- between two driver specifications. There are shims for ODI-on-NDIS,
- NDIS-on-Packet driver. ODI-on-Packet driver, etc. usually publically
- available.
-
- You then need a TCP/IP stack. This is package specific usually comes with
- every product. Each such stack has its own requirements for hardware
- drivers. you must find a combination of driver & TCP/IP stack which is
- compatible with your hardware & system. Macintosh's do not have a problem
- since most Macintosh systems use the MacTCP stack which is available from
- Apple and is provided with most if not all Macintosh TCP/IP packages. PC
- systems have something close to a standard in TCP applications called the
- Windows Sockets API (Winsock). [Note: This is not specific only to TCP/IP it
- is a general standard for networking on PC irrelevant of the transport
- protocol. Hence, there may be versions for NetBEUI, IPX, etc.]. The Winsock
- API is avaialble in 16 bit and 32 bit versions. The 32 bit versions are for
- Windows NT systems. Winsock is implemented in Dynamically Loaded Libraries
- or DLLs. Currently work is under way to develop a freeware Winsock DLL but
- many commercial versions are available.
-
- With the TCP/IP stack in hand, you then need all the TCP/IP application
- programs such as Telnet, FTP, mail, etc. Just about every TCP/IP package has
- a corresponding set of applications although some do not provide all the
- different applications available.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- A-8. What is telnet? What is ftp?
-
- Telnet & FTP are two TCP/IP applications for remote host access and remote
- file transfer, respectively. Any host with a telnet client can connect to
- any host with a telnet server. Any work done within a telnet session is
- executed on the server host, thus for most intents and purposes your are on
- the remote server, virtually. FTP clients can connect to FTP servers to
- transfer files either direction. You can preserve the file contents
- independent of the client and server hosts.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- A-9. What is a client? What is a server? Why do I need them?
-
- A client application uses resources available on a remote site. This remote
- site runs a server for this purpose. NFS is a client-server technology. You
- need an NFS client to mount remote disks or directories. The server makes
- these disks or directories available for other systems to use. For example,
- If you have an NFS client on your PC, you can mount remote drives on your
- PC. However, if that PC does not have an NFS server, then you cannot make it
- possible for other systems to use your local drive.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- A-10. Where can I get (PC)NFS cheap/free/PD?
-
- There are currently no free or shareware NFS _client_ packages
- available. Please read [A-X].
-
- SOSS [Y-6] is a public domain NFS _server_ available by FTP.
-
- There are, however, a few different TCP/IP packages available as shareware
- and freeware such as WATTCP, NCSA Telnet, CU/TCP, WinQVT (shareware). Please
- see the product list in section Z for appropriate referrences.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- A-11. What is SOS & SOSS? Where can I get it?
-
- SOS (stan's own server) is the original NFS server developed by See-Mong Tan
- and is a public domain nfs server.
-
- SOSS (son of stan's server) is a souped up version of SOS developed by Rich
- Braun, et al with better performance capabilities.
-
- SOS is still available although it is advised that you use SOSS when
- necessary. SOSS is available at the following site:
- grape.ecs.clarkson.edu
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- A-12. Are there any free NFS clients available for DOS?
-
- There was once a project at the Univ. of Maryland which made an NFS client
- for free distribution but is now no longer available.
-
- There have also been reports that NCSA Telnet may come out with an NFS
- client in the future but so far there hasn't been any further news on that.
-
- There is a client being developed for the WATTCP package by Micheal Durkin.
- This will be released as shareware ($15) in executable format only. Source
- code may be available depending on the authors preference.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- A-13. What is SLIP?
-
- Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) is a standard on the Internet for
- serial line and modem connectivity between two systems. This allows any one
- SLIP client to connect to a SLIP server to provide connectivity between
- different IP hosts. Both systems must have TCP/IP stacks running. Certain
- SLIP packages even allow the SLIP client to act as a gateway between a local
- network and a remote network, ie. all machines on the local network can
- connect automatically over the SLIP line to remote systems and vice versa.
- SLIP packages are available for PC systems. See G-1.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- A-14. What is PPP?
-
- PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) is a direct link protocol which works over
- serial lines and direct links similar to SLIP. Overall it gets more
- throughput than SLIP. The remote host needs to accept PPP connections and
- the local host should act as a client.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Section B. Basics
- =================
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- B-1. What are the different specification types of drivers available?
-
- The following are common specification types of drivers available:
-
- A. Packet drivers - freely available set of drivers on the net maintained by
- ftp Software and also in part by Russell Nelson of Crynwyr.
-
- B. NDIS v2.0 & v3.0 - Network Device Interface Specification developed by
- Microsoft and 3Com. Version 2.0 is the current version for
- MS-Windows and Windows for Workgroups. Version 3.0 is the new
- specification for MS-Windows NT.
-
- C. ODI - Open Driver Interface developed by Novell, Inc.
-
- D. SLIP, PPP - These are more protocol specifications for serial and
- distance links. Both are defined in the Internet RFCs. PPP is
- described initially in RFC 1172 with related descriptions in 1331-1334
- 1376-1378, and several newer ones. SLIP is described in RFC 1055.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- B-3. What are packet drivers? Where do I get them?
-
- Packet drivers are the link between your Network interface card and your
- TCP/IP protocol stack (of each application). They are a low level driver
- specification with support for many different Network interface cards.
-
- The packet driver specification is maintained by FTP Software and is
- available from:
- vax.ftp.com:/pub/packet-d.*
-
- Russ Nelson of Crynwyr, Inc. (nelson@crynwyr.com) also maintains many packet
- drivers. He also maintains the FAQ available for packet drivers
- on comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc. This FAQ can be received by ftp from the
- following sites:
- seagull.rtd.com: /pub/tcpip/other-faqs/pktdrv.faq
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- B-4. Can I run packet drivers with (PC)NFS?
-
- Yes. See chart G-1 for compatibility with different packages.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- B-5. Can I run (PC)NFS over SLIP?
-
- Yes. See chart G-1 for availability in the different products for PC
- systems.
-
- Macintosh systems can run NFS/Share from Intercon with the InterSLIP package
- copyrighted & freely distributed by Intercon available from:
- ftp.intercon.com: InterCon/sales/InterSLIP1.0fc3.sea.hqx
-
- This will run with MacTCP 1.1.1.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- B-6. Can (PC)NFS run with NDIS drivers?
-
- Yes. See chart G-1 for availability in the different products.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- B-7. Can I run (PC)NFS at the same time as CUTCP or NCSA Telnet?
-
- Yes. You need to run PKTMUX.EXE. This will multiplex connections between two
- different applications using packet drivers. PKTMUX allows one to run
- multiple TCP/IP protocol stacks.
-
- There is also a version of CUTCP which runs over SunSelect's PC-NFS and is
- available via ftp from:
- ftp.york.ac.uk:/pub/pc/pc-nfs/cutcp/CUTCP.ZIP
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- B-8. Can (PC)NFS run with NDIS drivers?
-
- Yes. Please look at chart G-1 for compatibility with different products.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- B-9. Can I use (PC)NFS to mount a diskless PC from a remote server?
-
- Yes. The following products have this capability:
- PC-NFS
- PC/TCP
- BW-NFS
- AIR for Windows
-
- PC-NFS can be installed partially onto disk to access network applications
- like telnet, ftp, etc. placed on a remote server.
-
- PC/TCP also has PROM chips for ethernet cards for diskless PCs to boot with
- network services.
-
- In Europe, BOOTP PROMs are available from Dirk Keoppen [dirk@incom.de].
- These PROMs support a large number of Ethernet cards and works with many
- versions of (PC)NFS including that from SunSelect, FTP Software, Novell and
- Microsoft LAN Manager.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- B-10. Can (PC)NFS run over token ring?
-
- Yes. See chart G-1 for availability in the different products.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- B-11. Can I use my 3C509 Etherlink III card with (PC)NFS ?
-
- Yes. The 3C509 has both NDIS and ODI drivers shipping with the box. Trouble is
- some are not where they are supposed to be. The NDIS drivers are in th
- following directory on the floppy :
-
- A:\MSLANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\ETHERNET
-
- Also, a packet driver is obtainable for this card (also see B-1)
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- B-12 Can I PC-NFS SLIP at higher baud rates than 9600 ?
-
- The built-in slip driver will not allow any higher speeds than 9600, but there
- is a way around this. Instead of using SLIP.SYS, you can always configure
- PC-NFS in packet driver mode (look for the PKTD.SYS shim) and use a shareware
- slip driver than conforms to the packet driver specification. Ask archie
- about SLIPPER.EXE or ETHERSL.COM.
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- B-13 Can I access an MSCDEX CD-ROM with PC-NFS ?
-
- No, but you can fool your PC by using an 'MSCDEX simulator', i.e. a small
- utility that will redirect the interrupt used by MSCDEX and return constant
- values. Does not work will all the published CD's, but is worth the try.
-
- Mounting an ISO9660 CDROM over NFS is not always sufficient to get full access
- to the application residing on it. Some utilies refer to MSCDEX for various
- reasons. So, can you use the NFS-mounted volume and still have full MSCDEX
- access ? No, but you can fool your PC by using an 'MSCDEX simulator', i.e. a
- small utility that will redirect the interrupt used by MSCDEX and return
- constant values. Does not work will all the published CD's, but is worth the
- try. These utils are obtainable from ftp.york.ac.uk (/pub/pc-nfs/CD-rom)
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- B-14. Can I run NDIS over Packet drivers?
-
- Yes. You can run packet drivers along with the DISPKT9.COM shim and run the
- program as a generic NDIS driver.
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- B-15. Which is better NDIS or ODI?
-
- After a small discussion, it seems that ODI is generally faster and it does
- not need be to loaded in the config.sys which helps enormously during
- debugging and development).
-
- Both NDIS and ODI are widely available with most Ethernet cards and many
- Token-Ring cards as well.
-
- ODI however has one slight problem when it comes to development. Although it
- is an "open" specification and is available via ftp, Russel Nelson of
- Crynwyr pointed out that:
-
- Message-ID: <744695828snx@crynwr.com>
- "
- The documentation for Novell's driver development kit is available
- from dev_docs/lan_drv. This should not be mistaken for a
- specification of an "open" interface. If you want to write an "ODI
- driver" (that is, the thing that adapter manufacturers ship), you
- must purchase the Lan Driver Development Kit for $7,000. When I
- suggested to Novell that they should document the LSL <--> MLID
- interface, they seemed somewhat bemused, as if to say "Whyever would
- you want that?? -- just buy the DDK!"
-
- Apparently, there *is* no "ODI driver" spec -- Novell doesn't even
- have an internal document for the LSL <--> MLID interface.
- "
-
- You can FTP the NDIS specification from:
- vax.ftp.com
-
- You can FTP the ODI specification from:
- sjf-lwp.sjf.novell.com:/dev_docs/{lan_drv, pstacks}/*
- [email to Dave Murphy dmurphy@novell.com]
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Section C. Server
- =================
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- C-1. What is pcnfsd? What is pcnfsdv2? What is BWNFSD?
-
- PCNFSD is the server software run on remote systems for service access such
- as User authorization and print services. PCNFSD is freely distributed. It
- was originally designed for SunSelect's PC-NFS software package but has been
- accepted by the X/Open committee as a semi-standard for (PC)NFS.
-
- PCNFSDv2 is the current version of this server software.
-
- BWNFSD is an alternate server package from Beame & Whiteside, Inc. which is
- also freely distributable.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- C-2. Where can I get PCNFSD for my server system?
-
- PCNFSD has been ported to many different platforms. The following is a list
- of FTP sites for the different versions:
-
- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- Platform Location
- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- SunOS 4.x, Solaris, bcm.tmc.edu
- Solbourne, src.doc.ic.ac.uk
- NeXTStep(needs porting) ftpserver.massey.ac.nz
- Ultrix 4.2 bcm.tmc.edu
- IRIX/SYSV sgi.sgi.com:/support/pcnfsd.sysV [unsupported]
- ftp.york.ac.uk:/pub/pc/pc-nfs/RPC.pcnfsd/*
- AIX 3.2 Call IBM and ask for PTF# U412556
- AIX 3.2.1 Call IBM and ask for PTF# U419359
- AIX 3.2.3 Call IBM and ask for PTF# U414701
- MIPS platforms ftp.york.ac.uk:/pub/pc/pc-nfs/RPC.pcnfsd/*
- IBM MVS Call IBM and ask for PTF# UY84244 [pcnfsd v1 only]
- OpenVMS 5.5 DEC TCP/IP v3.0 [product]
- SCO Unix v3.2 SCO NFS [product]
- HP 9000 [HP-UX 9.x] HP-UX NFS [product]
-
- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-
- There is a combined version of PCNFSD v2 for the following systems: Sun,
- Ultrix, MIPS, SGI, BSD, SVR4 which is available from
- ftp.york.ac.uk:/pub/pc-nfs/RPC.pcnfs/pcnfsd.tar.Z
-
- BWNFSD (V3.0f) is available from:
- dorm.rutgers.edu: /pub/msdos/bws/bwnfsd
- ftp.bws.com: /pub/bw/bwnfsd
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-