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From: nbvs@cl.cam.ac.uk (Nicko van Someren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: r260 networking
Keywords: unix,econet
Message-ID: <1991Jun11.102438.4746@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Date: 11 Jun 91 10:24:38 GMT
References: <259@kopasker.is>
Reply-To: nbvs@cl.cam.ac.uk (Nicko van Someren)
Organization: U of Cambridge Comp Lab, UK
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In article <259@kopasker.is> grun@kopasker.is (Gardar Runolfsson) writes:
>We want to hook it up as a UNIX server for Ethernet and
>Econet.  We have 2x 440 and quite a few a3000 plus Beebs
>all on econet and 3x Acorn file servers.
>
>1.  Do we have to run TCP/IP on the EcoNet or can a beeb
>    access files on the R260 through standard Econet
>    protocols.
As far as I know you can not run the standard econet protocols on the R260
when it is running UNIX.  I don't think there is TCP/IP code for the beeb
either.
>2.  Can the R260 act as a gateway and a file server or 
>    do we have to run a seperate gateway.
If you run TCP/IP on the R260 and it has both econet and ethernet hardware in 
it will by default try to route between them and act as a bridge.  You can run
NFS at the same time without trouble.
>3.  Can one have terminal access to the R260 through the
>    Econet.
You can run full fledged TCP/IP over the econet including telnet, ftp, NFS
and all the others.  I have not seen any TCP/IP code for the beeb but you can
run these on a3000s and other RISC OS archies.

I hope that's useful.

Nicko.



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