castello@remus.rutgers.edu (Vicente Castello) (04/21/91)
I am interested in finding some information that will enable me to directly connect my pc to an ftp site. I want to transfer files to my pc without having to download them to my account and then download them to my pc. Any feedback, whether it be an e-mail or posted reply, would be greatly appreciated. Also, I am interested in hearing from those people, who have some experience in what I've mentioned. Thanks, in advance. --vinny
oneel@heawk1.rosserv.gsfc.nasa.gov ( Bruce Oneel ) (04/22/91)
In article <Apr.20.20.54.43.1991.28597@remus.rutgers.edu> castello@remus.rutgers.edu (Vicente Castello) writes: I am interested in finding some information that will enable me to directly connect my pc to an ftp site. I want to transfer files to my pc without having to download them to my account and then download them to my pc. Any feedback, whether it be an e-mail or posted reply, would be greatly appreciated. Also, I am interested in hearing from those people, who have some experience in what I've mentioned. Thanks, in advance. --vinny At my previous job we did exactly that. Each pc had an Execelan ethernet board and attached to the ethernet. We used their software to run tcp/ip and telneted and ftpd directly from the pc out to the world. Later the software/hardware product was called Lan workplace for DOS by Novell. You also could use PC-NFS by sun? It lets you refer to nfs file systems on your pc. Saves copying everything first. I've never worked with this product. I'm sure that any other tcp/ip product would also work. bruce -- | Bruce O'Neel | internet : oneel@heasfs.gsfc.nasa.gov| | Code 664/STX | span : lheavx::oneel | | NASA/GSFC Bld 28/W281 |compuserve: 72737,1315 | | Greenbelt MD 20771 | AT&Tnet : (301)-286-4585 | Thats me in the corner, thats me in the spotlight, losin' my religion -- rem
gah@hood.hood.caltech.edu (Glen Herrmannsfeldt) (04/23/91)
castello@remus.rutgers.edu (Vicente Castello) writes: >I am interested in finding some information that will enable me to >directly connect my pc to an ftp site. I want to transfer files to >my pc without having to download them to my account and then >download them to my pc. Any feedback, whether it be an e-mail or >posted reply, would be greatly appreciated. Also, I am interested >in hearing from those people, who have some experience in what I've >mentioned. >Thanks, in advance. >--vinny I presume you have internet access, or you wouldn't ask. Get an ethernet board for your PC. We use the Western Digital WD8003E, mainly because they cost less than 3COM, and seem to work fine. About $140 last time we bought one. Get NCSA Telnet from zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu. It is public domain telnet/ftp/lpr/lpq, source included. If you want to do anonymous ftp, you will have to get your IP address into a nameserver, beause many FTP sites do reverse lookup on all incoming anonymous requests. -- glen