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From: mark@TELESYS.NCSC.NAVY.MIL ("Mark L. Williams")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re:  Executing program through ethernet
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Date: 8 Apr 91 14:36:31 GMT
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Chris Behrens asks:

>The situation : a room full of IBM PS/2's connected via ethernet. Using
>TCP/IP for connectivity.
>
>Can we execute a program residing on PC #1 from PC #2 by using telnet or
>other means ??

It seems to me that IF you can telnet from PC #2 to PC #1, you can execute
programs on PC #1.  However, telnet is a terminal emulator-type program
that allows PC #2 to log on to PC #1 as if PC #2 were a terminal.  That 
means that PC #1 has to support logons from the ethernet.  That, in turn,
usually means that PC #1 must be running a multi-user operating system.
Your question isn't specific, but I suspect you are running a room-full of
PS/2's under DOS.  If that's the case, I doubt that you can contact PC #1
from PC #2 unless you're doing something I've never heard of.

Actually, if you're running Kermit over TCP/IP, you can set things up such
that network users can contact PC #1 and make it do things.  I don't think
you can use it for any "local" concurrent applications, though.  We did 
this once as a stop-gap and curiosity, but it wasn't practical for our
user community.

TCP/IP doesn't offer "peer-to-peer" services as I understand it.

Mark