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- From: jcburt@gatsibm.larc.nasa.gov ()
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
- Subject: Re: IBM TCP/IP X
- Date: 11 Jan 1993 20:37:50 GMT
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center
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- In article <1is5ckINN5rb@crcnis1.unl.edu> price@helios.unl.edu (Chad Price) writes:
- >francis@ese.ogi.edu (Francis Moraes) writes:
- >
- >>keating@casemo.UUCP (John Keating ) writes:
- >
- >>>I'm planning on trying out IBM's TCP/IP product, and have some questions
- >
- >>>(1) Does the base package (02G6968) come with an NFS client, or do I
- >>> need to purchase the NFS Kit (02G6970)?
- >
- >>No, NFS does not come with the base kit.
- >
- >
- >>>(3) With the X-Window System (02G6980), will it allow me to display Sun's
- >>> OpenWindows programs?
- >
- >>No problems.
- >
- >I have had problems: mailtool crashes when attempting to use my display,
- >however all of the standard X stuff works, both from a Sun and an RS-6000. I
- >haven't tried the SGI yet.
- >
- >>>(4) How easy is the installation? One hour, two, four, three days?
- >
- >>If you know what you're doing, one hour. I'm not a networking expert
- >>by any means but I got it up in about an hour. It doesn't require that
- >>you know all that much.
- >
- >I think this is a little optimistic. I wound up getting help from our IBM rep,
- >as the straight install didn't work. I could now probably do it in an hour or
- >2, but only because I've now read ALL of the readme files, and have done it
- >before. The install _program_ does not complete the job, and you need to move
- >some files around by hand. (as in the TCP/IP drivers.)
- >
- >--
- >chad
- >price@helios.unl.edu
- >cprice@molecular.unmc.edu
-
- Strange...all I had to do was follow the directions and run the ICAT
- program (and whatever the install program for the low level drivers).
- I had the base TCP/IP functionallity and the X extensions up and running
- is less than an hour...no moving files by hand...the hardest part was rebooting
- the system...:-)
-
- John
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