jmm@skivs.UUCP (Joel M. Miller) (09/23/90)
I have to set up a unix network in a scientific and administrative environment consisting of about 50 stations, some organized into workgroups. We have a lot of PC's and Mac's to connect (Ethernet, LocalTalk), and want to support a UUCP domain, IP/SLIP connections, dial-up lines, and a modem pool. A better mail interface than mailx would be nice. What should I look at as file and communication server (RS6000/AIX, SparkStation, MacIIfx/AUX, DEC)? -- Joel M Miller Internet: jmm@skivs.ski.org Smith-Kettlewell Institute Usenet: fernwood!skivs!jmm 2232 Webster St Bitnet: jmm%skivs.ski.org@fernwood.mpk.ca.us San Francisco, CA 94115 Voice: 415/561-1703 Fax: 415/561-1610
kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann) (09/27/90)
In article <3135@skivs.UUCP>, jmm@skivs.UUCP (Joel M. Miller) writes: > I have to set up a unix network in a scientific and administrative > environment consisting of about 50 stations, some organized into > workgroups. We have a lot of PC's and Mac's to connect (Ethernet, > LocalTalk), and want to support a UUCP domain, IP/SLIP connections, > dial-up lines, and a modem pool. A better mail interface than mailx > would be nice. What should I look at as file and communication server > (RS6000/AIX, SparkStation, MacIIfx/AUX, DEC)? > -- > Joel M Miller Internet: jmm@skivs.ski.org > Smith-Kettlewell Institute Usenet: fernwood!skivs!jmm > 2232 Webster St Bitnet: jmm%skivs.ski.org@fernwood.mpk.ca.us > San Francisco, CA 94115 Voice: 415/561-1703 Fax: 415/561-1610 Well for the most part, what you are asking for is a function of the client software and not the server software. As for the server, just about any of those machines would do. All of them support UUCP, SLIP, etc... The only wild card is that with some of these machines it is going to cost you extra to get that support. With A/UX SLIP, TCP/IP is part of the package. On the client side take a look at some of the following software. HostAccess from Novell basic telnet and ftp. MacUWS from UB basic telnet, ftp, and mail. MacAccessPathWay from Wollongong telnet(3270,vt240,tek4014) and ftp. TCP/Connect II from InterCon Systems telnet(3270.vt240,tek4014), ftp, slip, snmp, mail(pop/smtp), news reader(nntp). PD programs: NCSA Telnet from NCSA - telnet and ftp. Various varieties of NCSA Telnet with client ftp, SLIP, etc. A ton of HyperCard Stacks, NewsReader stack from Apple, Mews, etc. Eudora a mail program from Steve Dorner (?) at the U of Ill. MacPost a mail program from... (sorry forgot this one). University only use: SU-MacIP from Stanford telnet ftp and mail. I have probably missed something here, but this should give you a good group to start with. -- Kurt Baumann InterCon Systems Corporation 703.709.9890 Creators of fine TCP/IP products 703.709.9896 FAX for the Macintosh.