[3979] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Telnetting to NT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric W. Sorensen)
Thu Aug 8 07:42:17 1996
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 22:34:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Eric W. Sorensen" <sorensen@argo.net>
To: Geof Goodrum <ggoodrum@perigee.ncdc.noaa.gov>
Cc: Robert Wuest <RobertWuest@kemet.com>,
Linux net <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.93.960807085717.463B-100000@perigee.ncdc.noaa.gov>
Yes, it is correct that win 95 does support peer-to-peer networking.
win 95 has, for example tcp/ip utilities built in, and I have already
elaborated on ftp utilities. But telnet is to physically log onto a
server host, which is not possible under win95 or the 16 bit variants
On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Geof Goodrum wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Eric W. Sorensen wrote:
>
> > Win 3.11 and Win95 Do not allow telnet access - If you think about it
> > for a minute, those machines are strictly single user boxes. Much
> > unlike UNIX, they do not provide the ability to manage users, multi-user
> > accounts, user id's group id's and the like. They are strictly client
> > machines capable of only running client software. UNIX is
> > client/server, WIN 95 and Win 311 are not.
> ...
> > Also, since all three of these operating systems are GUI based, it
> > would be impossible to use them over any type of serial line
> > connection. Just as with UNIX, the X-Windows system can only be run
> > from a system console.
> >
> > Eric Sorensen
> > On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Robert Wuest wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have two computers running Linux (V 2.0.11), one at home, one at the
> > > office. I can connect them using PPP.
> > > The office computer is on a Netware LAN (V4.10) using IPX. Is is possible to
> > > dial into my Linux box and telnet (or some other means) into other computers
> > > in the office running NT, Win 3.11, and Win 95? Can you point me to any docs
> > > on how to do this.?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Robert
>
> Actually, as Win95/Win3.11/WinNT have peer-to-peer networking, you can
> access shared files and devices from Linux. You can also access Novell
> NetWare files and services.
>
> There are several options. You can forward IPX packets over the PPP
> interface and access the files/services directly from your home Linux
> system, or access the files/services through the Linux system at work. It
> depends upon your needs, but I'd recommend the latter for better
> performance, and you don't have to setup a PPP-IPX configuration.
>
> For more information, read the IPX-HOWTO (for PPP and NetWare options),
> and see the ncpfs.txt (NetWare) and smbfs.txt (Windows for Workgroups)
> files in recent Linux kernel distributions
> (under Documentation/filesystems/).
>
> DISCLAIMER: The comments above are my own and may not represent the views
> of my employer.
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