pte900@jatz.aarnet.edu.au (Peter Elford) (01/23/91)
I posted this to comp.unix.aix a few days ago and have had no useful responses ... even if you don't read it all I would be interested in finding out what my options for DOS NFS client software are (ie. questions a, b, c below). Our parent organisation is about to purchase an IBM RISC/6000 system to act as a file server for a IBM Token Ring with DOS workstations. The LAN is connected to the Internet, and it is required that the workstations have access to IP services (like mail - probably via POP, telnet, ftp, etc). The options (as I see them) for providing the LAN services under AIX are: 1) AIX Access for DOS Users (AADU) The "old" way of doing things, proprietary. 2) LAN Manager Either through LM Server (from Syntax), or LMX from IBM due RSN. The "new" way of doing things, maybe a bit too fancy/expensive. 3) NFS Open, "just" an add on to the IP services we will have to have on the DOS workstations anyway. If we assume that NFS is the way to go (I'm happy to hear arguements to the contrary), I have a few questions: a) what NFS client (for DOS) are other sites using ? (I am currently favouring FTP's Interdrive option for PC-TCP) b) can the UNIX server backup disks on the DOS workstations ? c) how do you support printer access ? Using lpr/lpd ? I will summarise responses if I get a reasonable number of them, Thanks, Peter Elford, e-mail: P.Elford@aarnet.edu.au Network Co-ordinator, phone: +61 6 249 3542 Australian Academic Research Network, fax: +61 6 247 3425 c/o, Computer Services Centre, post: PO Box 4 Australian National University Canberra 2601 Canberra, AUSTRALIA