rdp@pbseps.UUCP (Richard Perlman) (02/16/89)
QUESTION: [How] can I connect a PC-XT (with either a NIC or NIU board)
on an Ungermann-Bass broadband LAN to a NFS file server on
an ethernet.
I know I need to bridge the two LANs (specific suggestions
and/or products welcome), But... is PC-NFS, or NFS for that
matter, dependent on ethernet (arp etc.)?
I know I could create a gateway machine running PC-NFS and
MS-NET or Novell and put both broadband & ethhernet boards
in it, but I was hoping for something a little cleaner.
Flames welcome too, but please keep them short.
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Richard Perlman * pbseps!rdp@PacBell.COM || {ames,sun,att}!pacbell!pbseps!rdp
180 New Montgomery St. rm 602, San Francisco, CA 94105 |*| 1(415) 545-0233ed@mtxinu.COM (Ed Gould) (02/17/89)
>QUESTION: [How] can I connect a PC-XT (with either a NIC or NIU board) > on an Ungermann-Bass broadband LAN to a NFS file server on > an ethernet. > > I know I need to bridge the two LANs (specific suggestions > and/or products welcome), But... is PC-NFS, or NFS for that > matter, dependent on ethernet (arp etc.)? NFS depends only on UDP (at least in all currently available implementations). So, if UDP packets traverse the bridge, then NFS will work. Yellow Pages (YP) is a different story, and PC-NFS makes heavier use of YP (typically) than some other systems. YP uses broadcast to locate servers. If your bridge forwards broadcast packets (many do not or cannot) then YP will work, too. But YP is not required, and PC-NFS can be set up not to use YP at all. -- Ed Gould mt Xinu, 2560 Ninth St., Berkeley, CA 94710 USA ed@mtxinu.COM +1 415 644 0146 "I'll fight them as a woman, not a lady. I'll fight them as an engineer."