robert@pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson) (02/03/88)
Netlanders, Assume a company or institution that has a few UNIX file-servers running NFS or RFS, some workstations running UNIX and a number of PC's and/or Mac's. The network is based on IEEE 802.3 and uses TCP/IP as its primary protocol. I want to be able to use laser printers (PostScript, of course) from a PC or a Mac, log in to a UNIX machine via the network, send electronic mail back and forth between the machines and possibly use the UNIX file servers to store DOS or Mac files. What would be the best solution to integrate these two or three environments? Should I use TCP/IP, NFS, TELNET and SMTP on all computers? (Does it even exist?) Have I better use TCP/IP, NETBIOS and EtherTalk on the same cable and some kind of gateway between them? Does such a thing exist? I would appreciate any comment, suggestion and opinion on this, since these and related questions will probably arise soon, not only for me, but for many other as well. Thanks, Robert -- Robert Claeson, System Administrator, PVAB, Box 4040, S-171 04 Solna, Sweden eunet: robert@pvab uucp: sun!enea!pvab!robert