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From: barryf@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Barry B. Floyd)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: PC-NFS & Windows 3.0
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Date: 14 Mar 91 15:01:53 GMT
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Sticking to the WINDOWS part of COMP.WINDOWS.MS, my question remains:
 
Does the new release of PC-NFS perform as advertised? What are its "windows
specific" strengths and weaknesses?
 
I recently received Novell's product literature for LAN WorkPlace. LAN     
WorkPlace was previously developed and distributed by Excelan (along with
their EXOS series of adapters). Novell seems to have brought the product
up to date and reboxed it as their very own. The product literature lists
15 separate RFCs (standards) it complies with, including: IP, IP Subnet,
IP Broadcast Datagrams, IP Broadcast Datagrams with Subnets, TCP, UDP,
IP-IEEE 802, ARP, RARP (address resolution), ICMP (message protocol),
DNS (domain name system) Resolver, NetBIOS on TCP/IP (for 80x86 microcomputers)
TELNET, FTP, TFTP (Trivial file transfer protocol).  They include a picture
of a screen with a "Program Manager - [LAN WorkPlace]" window, Telnet
Sparcstation II window, File Express window (their FTP windows application),
and a NetWare/DOS session window. Though they do not specifically offer
an NFS implementation they do specifically claim "Supports third-party
applications --- Like other Novell products, LAN WorkPlace for DOS 
supports a wide range of third-party networking applications, including 
X-Windows, TN3270, NFS client and SQL Database services." They also
provide "Serving FTP", their FTP server deamon.
 
Could Novell, in their acquisition of Excelan and subsequent repackaging
of LAN WorkPlace, be cognizant of a non-Novell networking environment?
I think so. Will they ever release an NFS on TCP/IP product (without
IPX)? I think not. They are offering what appears to be worth while
standards based Win 3.0 network applications. If anyone has installed
these upgrades to LAN WorkPlace 3.x for DOS please post pertinent info.
(by the way, upgrades cost $495 for a 10 user license, minus 35% if you
represent an educational institution == $321.75 to upgrade). Call   
(800) 346-7177 for more info. 
 
Does FTP, B&W, et al offer an NFS implementation? Are their any public
domain or shareware implementations (clients, not servers)?
 
barry
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