[311] in OS/2_Discussion
Re: OS/2 Warp V3 and ethernet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Walter V. Vonkoch)
Sun Oct 30 01:47:38 1994
To: jokim@MIT.EDU
Cc: os2partners@MIT.EDU
Reply-To: waltvk@MIT.EDU, os2partners@MIT.EDU
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In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 29 Oct 1994 17:29:27 -0500.
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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 01:47:00 EST
From: "Walter V. Vonkoch" <waltvk@MIT.EDU>
; In message Sun, 16 Oct 94 18:45:45 -0400, klund@MIT.EDU writes:
;
; >> For an extra $80 you can get NTS/2, to support an Ethernet card.
; >
; > Indelible Blue lists this for $59, but I have heard that the same
; > functionality can be gleamed (legally!) from the Lan Server Requester,
; > which I believe is somewhere in the $35-$45 range. NFS Kit $100,
; > X-Server $140.
;
; Ok, I just got my ethernet card and I'm totally confused now. What are
; NTS/2, Lan Server Requester, and the NFS Kit and what can/can't I do with
; them? Will the Internet apps in Warp work with Resnet if I get one of
; these, or will they need the complete TCP/IP package?
As far as I know (I've not used any of the above) Lan Server Requestor
gives you access to fileservers, like Lan Server, Netware, Windows for
Workgroups, Windows NT, etc. But it also gives you drivers for Network
cards. Therefore the Internet apps in Warp can be used. (Again, I
havn't tryed it yet.) The MultiMedia Mail Light probably doesn't work
with MIT's PS servers, since the MultiMedia Mail Light doesn't support
Kerberos. If you buy the full MultiMedia Mail you also get a mail
server, so you can run your own PO and you don't need MIT's anymore.
TCP/IP probably also gives you a netnews reader, lpr deamon and the
like.
NFS is the network file system. So that you can mount your harddrive
from another system, let's say an athena workstation. How well that
works I don't know since MIT is running mostly AFS and I don't know if
they have a converter. (Who knows more about this??)
; What I need right now are ftp and telnet clients, and a way for a DOS
; program (in a DOS box) to talk with MITNet. What I'd like in the future is
; for the Warp Internet apps to work, an ftp and telnet server, a newsreader,
; and possibly a Web server. What packages are required to do this?
Probably TCP/IP the full package including the Windows access kit.
If anyone knows more about this, or even has experience with any of
this stuff, please take the time and let us know, so we don't have to
buy everything. Thnx
-- Walter <waltvk@mit.edu>
