NFS Maestro for Windows NT

Product Highlights

• 32-bit Network File System (NFS) client for seamless access to file and print services across multiple platforms
• High performance - Fast data transfer speeds thanks to a multi-threaded kernel mode NFS
• Peer-to-peer networking with optional NFS server
• File and print functions fully integrated with Windows NT File and Print Managers
• Coexists alongside existing network operating system clients such as NetWare
• Supports UNIX symbolic links
• E-mail - Supporting SMTP, POP2, POP3, and MIME standards. Provides MAPI interface to support mail-enabled applications
• TN3270 and Telnet support
• Drag-and-drop FTP
• Internet access tools such as a News Reader and Gopher
• BASIC for writing scripts to automate repetitive tasks.
• Launch Pad user programmable menuing and Virtual desktop facility
• Rich set of troubleshooting utilities
• Both client and server versions of many applications
• Available for Intel, MIPS, Alpha, and PowerPC platforms

High Performance NFS

NFS Maestro runs on any system that supports Windows NT, including Intel 80386, 80486, Pentium, MIPS, Alpha, and PowerPC platforms. All NFS Maestro functions use Microsoft TCP/IP Stack for Windows NT which is an integral part of, and is shipped with, the Windows NT operating system. For users who need access both to a UNIX-style network and another network, NFS Maestro is able to coexist with other network clients already in place, such as Novell NetWare, or Windows for Workgroups, and others.

• Supports NFS version 2.0 and 3.0 for improved performance
• High performance 32-bit multi-threaded kernel mode NFS file system supporting up to 8 threads, each transferring data simultaneously and independently.
• Supports up to 24 remote drives and 8 remote printers with read and write requests of up to 64K
• File and print functions are seamlessly integrated with the Windows NT File and and Print Managers
• Supports 255 character long file names
• Supports UNIX symbolic links
• Supports UNC (Universal Naming Conventions) up to 255 characters
• Supports case sensitive and insensitive file names
• Supports Symmetric Multi-Processor (SMP) hardware platforms
• NFS Client transfer rates of over 1,000 Kbytes per second on some hardware
• Supports pcnfsd, hclnfsd, bwnfsd, and lwpnfsd for PC client authentication. 32-bit file locking is fully supported with hclnfsd, bwnfsd and lwpnfsd
• Manipulate files on the NFS server with utilities such as CHGRP, CHMOD, QUOTA, and LS
• NT native 32-bit code
• Handles ISO CD naming conventions
• Ability to register UNIX username/passwords locally for subsequent use
• Supports Sun Microsystem Network Information System (NIS)

Network Applications and Utilities

FTP File Transfer

A graphical drap-and-drop FTP (File Transfer Protocol) application allows users to simply transfer binary and text files between a PC and a remote computer.

Features include:

• Graphical drag-and-drop file transfer and directory management
• Local printing and BASIC script driven file transfers
• Supports Active FTP connections - for sites that have security in effect preventing incoming FTP data connections
• Firewall support
• Connection to Internet Anonymous FTP servers

Electronic Mail

NFS Maestro features an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) Email application allowing the user to send and receive electronic mail from the PC through a mail server, supporting POP2 & POP3 (Post Office Protocol) server. Messages can include binary files and MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension) files and UUencode/UUdecode is supported. MAPI (Message Application Programming Interface) support is provided for Mail enabled applications such as Excel, Word, etc. allowing files to be mailed directly from the application over the Internet.

News Reader

A threaded Network News Reader provides simple and fast access to the thousands of USENET news groups, user groups, mailing lists, and other services all over the world, allowing the user to read and post messages to any NNTP News Server on any topic. Its threaded capability allows users to open multiple news groups simultaneously. Includes filtering and reading options, and all messages can be downloaded into text files, printed on the fly, or mailed to other users.

Gopher

A Gopher client provides easy menu-based searches for information on the Internet. Gopher fully supports bookmarks and checkpoints, and includes a built-in text and graphics viewer with quick print and save buttons. The Gopher Menu Editor, used in conjunction with a PC-based Gopher server is an easy GUI interface to assist menu creation and setup.

Terminal Emulation - Telnet & TN3270

Multiple terminal emulations include Telnet, which supports VT320/220/100/52 with scripting to automate the login sequence. The graphical keyboard remapping permits the user to customize the keyboard. Other features include copy & paste, scroll-back buffers, local printing, extended text attributes, color mapping, and automatic re-sizing of fonts when the Telnet window is re-sized.

TN3270 IBM mainframe terminal emulation - Supporting 3278 models 2, 3, 4, 5 & 3279 models 2 & 3.

Other features include:

• Support in Extended Attribute Mode
• File Transfers - IND$FILE - CICS, TSO or CMS
• Support for HLLAPI programming using BASIC
• Support for hot spots
• Copy & paste to Windows clipboard, printing contents of window, extended text attributes, color mapping and graphical keyboard configuration
• Automatic re-sizing of fonts when TN3270 window is re-sized

Printing Capabilities

• LPD
  • Supports queued printing on a PC printer from a UNIX host
  • Supports printing of host raw data files (e.g. Postscript files) via Print Manager
• LPQ
  • For querying printers

Launch Pad & Virtual Desktop

A user programmable menu program with graphical interface is provided which simplifies window management and application launching. The Virtual Desktop provides a virtual screen much larger than the actual display, presenting a bird's-eye view of all launched applications which the user can move on or off the screen.

BASIC Scripting Function

NFS Maestro includes a fully functional BASIC language implementation for building sophisticated and powerful administration scripts. With support for FTP, Telnet, and TN3270, virtually any administrative task can be built, and compiled into an application which can be launched from an icon. A dialog box editor and debugging tools are included.

Network Utilities

Powerful client, troubleshooting, and address resolution tools include:
• Finger - Lookup tool to determine which users are active on a server machine
• Ping - Testing tool to determine whether a specific machine is connected to the network and available
• Trace Route - Graphical testing tool to trace path of data packet across networks
• Talk - Chat facility to communicate from machine to machine across the office or across the Internet
• Exports - Displays remote file systems available for mounting from an NFS Server
• Wiki - Paging program allows messages to be sent directly from the PC to a paging system
• NSLookup - Name Service Lookup to determine information on a specific machine, or network domain
• RPC-Info - Lists RPC processes running on remote server e.g. pcnfsd, nfsd
• Whois - Query the Central Network Operations Center database for information on specific user and specific network sites
• Cookie - Application to return a clever quotation
• UNIX "r" commands provide the flexibility for UNIX users to run commands from Windows NT, have the command executed on the host, and then return the requested information. Support is provided for rloginw, rshw, rexecw, rcpw, reprexecw. The "r" commands, designed to provide quick and easy access to remote network machines without requiring entry of a password, are significant time savers when used from a "trusted" workstation

Server Applications

Server TCP/IP application programs include the Internet service daemon (Inetd) for Windows NT which conserves PC resources by starting and stopping daemons only when required. Inetd provides the Windows NT PC platform with the full functionality of a UNIX workstation enabling peer-to-peer connectivity among PC workstations and workgroups (LAN or WAN) by implementing server functions for TCP/IP based applications. Inetd is installed as a Windows NT service and remains active in the background, waiting for connection requests from remote clients. When Inetd receives a service request, it automatically starts the appropriate server daemon, which includes: Boodpd (for booting diskless workstations); Cookied; Fingerd; Gopherd (Gopher Server); FTPd; LPD; Talkd; Telnetd; Tftpd (Trivial FTP); Timed; Tnamed (Trivial Name Server); or a user-supplied service.

Multiple Telnet Sessions

Telnetd is a server which allows multiple Telnet connections to be made with the Windows NT server from other network systems. Each Telnet connection is given a Windows NT command line session after the username/password is authenticated using the native Windows NT security system. Telnet uses the highest level of file access security available to the NT file system being used. Telnetd assumes that the remote site is at least a VT100 terminal, although a VT220 emulator with full ANSI color support is recommended.

Hardware and Software Requirements on Your PC

• IBM compatible 80386, 80486, or Pentium-based PC, or Alpha, MIPS or PowerPC platform
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation or Server version 3.5 or higher
• Minimum 12 MB memory
• Minimum 12 MB hard drive for storing software
• 3.5" floppy disk drive
• Network adapter supported by transport

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