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On Apr 14, 1:56pm, Andrew Stevens wrote:
> Subject: TCP/IP Connectivity to UNIX machines
>
> >As part of my neverending battle to get my TP755CE "ready for everything"
> >for my sabbatical, I am trying to both understand and implement the
> >ability for my TP to talk TCP/IP to both a standalone SPARC 10 and to
> >a TCP/IP LAN. I want to do this under DOS and Windows first. My aim
> >is to allow my ThinkPad to telnet and ftp to workstations on a TCP/IP LAN.
>
> Best of luck!!! getting TCP/IP running on the Thinkpad was a most
> heinous chore for me.
>
> If you want, you can go out and buy a commercial TCP/IP package such
> as PCNFS (recommended), IBM TCP/IP for DOS (not recommended), or
> others. This can run into hundreds of dollars, though.
I've used both PCNFS and Chameleon/NFS. Chameleon is vastly superior to PCNFS.
The Chameleon installation is a snap, and they have a great set of integrated
TCP/IP applications, including a MIME mailer, a web reader (and an http
server!) an ftp client *and* server, telnet, tftp, NFS client and server (along
with a nice application to resolve UNIX to PC names), Yellow Pages (NIS),
Domain Name Service, LPR/LPR remote printer support, all the rsh/rlogin
utilities, routing, etc...
They also supply SLIP/CSLIP/PPP interfaces, but most importantly, along with
routers so you can co-exist on an Ethernet network at the same time you're on a
modem network.
The package costs around $400.
Robert
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