mayer@columbia.sparta.com (09/29/90)
I've been told that the clarkson packet drivers can solve a problem I have with PC-NFS sockets (namely that there are only 6 of them). I ftp'd the drivers and the "pc-nfs driver compatability kit", but must admit that the resolution of my problem is not apparent (unfortunately, network protocols are not my forte). I'm using an X server on a MS-DOS machine and constantly bump against the 6 socket limitation. Although I need to increase this capability, I don't want to lose PC-NFS's capabilities to mount remote file server directories as DOS drives and use remote printers. Is it indeed true that the Clarkson stuff can allow an increase numer of sockets for PC-NFS? And if so, can anyone give me some pointers on how to configuration the drivers to work with PC-NFS? Are there any other "public domain" solutions to my problem (I'd rather advoid a product other than PC-NFS for compatability reasons)? Thanks in advance for any assistance. Frank Mayer (mayer@sparta.com) PS- please CC any response directly to me since I do not usually follow this list.
jbvb@FTP.COM (James B. Van Bokkelen) (09/29/90)
The Clarkson drivers are a MAC-layer (raw Ethernet frame level) interface, and have nothing to do with PC-NFS's emulation of 4bsd sockets on DOS. Yes, you can run one on the other, but if the number of open sockets isn't documented as being configurable, it is presumably a table size compiled into PC-NFS. PC/TCP supports up to 20 sockets (you have to close your stdio handles to get this many), I believe WIN/PC is also configurable, I don't know about BWTCP. James B. VanBokkelen 26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA 01880 FTP Software Inc. voice: (617) 246-0900 fax: (617) 246-0901