From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 13 19:14:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from entoo.connect.com.au (entoo.connect.com.au [192.189.54.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 253D0151D9 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 1999 19:14:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from duzzell@saintspc.com.au) Received: from duzzell (acc4-ppp99.syd.enternet.com.au [210.8.3.99]) by entoo.connect.com.au (Postfix) with SMTP id 1D77CDD1C9; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 14:14:14 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <001901bf45e1$b1ab1280$630308d2@web.saintspc.com.au> From: "David Uzzell" To: "Jeremy Chadwick" , "Alfred Perlstein" , "Danny" Cc: References: <3.0.32.19991214135718.006fe000@idx.com.au> Subject: Re: LAN Questions. Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 14:17:02 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Try www.netmax.com Does all + more of NT and is not limited to amount of users. Does cost but not to MS and far cheaper than NT. ------------------------------------------ Linux and Unix Real OS for Real Users ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny" To: "Jeremy Chadwick" ; "Alfred Perlstein" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 1:57 PM Subject: Re: LAN Questions. > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message