Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 13:57:25 +1100 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: Jeremy Chadwick <yoshi@parodius.com>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LAN Questions. Message-ID: <3.0.32.19991214135718.006fe000@idx.com.au>
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Then in response to the non- freebsd alternative. (note that I am not a Microsoft advocate. I am all for freebsd. I am just doing my job.) Question: 1)what kind of networking approach would I use to solve the problem? 2) Who would I configure Windows NT to do the job? Is NT a better solution for this job? 3) Any other ideas? Looking forward to your feedback. (Please not I am not a Microsoft advocate. I am all for Freebsd and I am only doing my job whether the solution may require Linux, NT, Netware or even Freebsd.) At 02:21 13/12/99 -0800, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >On Mon, Dec 13, 1999 at 02:30:45AM -0800, bright@wintelcom.net wrote: >> > - If I configure Freebsd as a NFS server is it possible I can make Windows >> > 98 a NFS client? >> >> I haven't heard of a free NFS client for windows, you're better off >> going with samba and using the native (and free) windows networking >> share system. > > (NOTE: I've removed all other CCd individuals from this mail, > including freebsd-questions). > > There is (was?) a free Windows 9x NFS client, which may or may > not be supported or even listed as valid software any longer > at http://www.truegrid.com/nfs.html. It seems this link no > longer works, though. > > If you need a copy of this software, I do have it. Ask me for > it and I will give it to you: it IS free, after all. Keep in mind > that it's nothing more than a port of NFS utils & daemons ported > to Win9x. I've yet to see it fail me, aside from tossing up some > pointless warnings now and then. > > I do not recommend using NFS under Windows 9x. I highly recommend > finding a commercial solution and moving to Windows NT if you > wish to do NFS under Windows. Or, from what I've been told, > Windows 2000 should have native NFS support (how good, if at > all, is yet to be determined). > > Free is not always better. And no, I am not a Microsoft advocate; > see below. > >> > - Maybe I better solution that may not involve Freebsd. >> >> That's up to you, but challenging people on the list with a statement >> like that is _not_ the way to get help. > > Give the chap some breathing room. It sounds like he's keeping > an open mind: FreeBSD is not the solution for every problem, > you know. > > Any decent system administrator follows this rule: use the > right tool for the job. > > In this case, FreeBSD may not be the "right tool," and there's > nothing wrong with that. I find the Samba solution nothing more > than a hack on top of a hack, not to mention an administrators > nightmare. > >-- >| Jeremy Chadwick yoshi@parodius.com | >| Parodius Networking yoshi@dreamscape.org | >| UNIX System Administrator http://www.parodius.com/ | >| "Linux is only free if your time has no value." - Jamie Zawinski | > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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