ghfeil@white.toronto.edu (Georg Feil) (12/21/89)
I have been scouring the net lately for public domain networking software for
the PC, with the ultimate goal of getting some PC AT's to access files on a
Sun 3 file server.
The software I have found so far is considerable. The following list is
certainly incomplete/inaccurate, as I'm new to all this:
PC/IP: Provides IP, UDP, and simplified TCP for the PC. Can be used with
several types of Ethernet cards, plus serial.
KA9Q: Provides TCP/IP for PC, plus UDP, SMTP, and more. Applications provided
include telnet, ftp, finger, ping. Works with 3Com Etherlink & serial.
SLIP: Provides IP capability over serial lines on a Unix host.
PC NFS Server: Implements the NFS server-side on a PC.
PCrouter: Turns a PC w/ ethernet card into an IP router.
PCbridge: Turns a PC w/ ethernet card into an ethernet bridge.
What I'd like to know whether there's anything available out there that will do
the NFS *client-side* on a PC. Also any extensions/clarifications to the
above list would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Georg.
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ghfeil%white.toronto.edu@relay.cs.net (ARPA)broehl@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Bernie Roehl) (12/21/89)
In article <89Dec20.211135est.27295@snow.white.toronto.edu> ghfeil@white.toronto.edu (Georg Feil) writes: >What I'd like to know whether there's anything available out there that will do >the NFS *client-side* on a PC. Also any extensions/clarifications to the >above list would be appreciated. We're looking for the same thing, and so are a lot of other people. The problem is that to implement such a beast, you need to do implement a redirector for DOS; doing so without a knowledge of the internal "hooks" in DOS 3.x+ is kludgy at best. Getting those "hooks" is non-trivial; you either have to license from Microsoft (many $$$, I suspect) or disassemble DOS and figure it out for yourself. People have, I'm sure, done the latter; the amount of work involved in doing so has kept them from sharing the information for free. Note that Interrupt List that's been on the net for a while has a lot of ??? when it comes to the redirector... -- Bernie Roehl, University of Waterloo Electrical Engineering Dept Mail: broehl@watserv1.waterloo.edu OR broehl@watserv1.UWaterloo.ca BangPath: {allegra,decvax,utzoo,clyde}!watmath!watserv1!broehl Voice: (519) 747-5056 [home] (519) 885-1211 x 2607 [work]