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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Advice on LANs
- Message-ID: <1992Nov14.005237.2388@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 14 Nov 92 00:52:37 GMT
- References: <721607401.F00001@xanadu.mil.wi.us>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
- Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
- Followup-To: comp.os.os2.networking
- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- In article <721607401.F00001@xanadu.mil.wi.us> Zak.Smith%f736.n154.z1@xanadu.mil.wi.us (Zak Smith) writes:
- > Hi.. I am hoping that someone can shed some light on what otions I have,
- >here is my situation:
- > I have a 386sx that is (and will be) running a dos e-mail system.
- >(fredmail, d'bridge, searchlight bbs, squish, etc..) I wish is to be a
- >the file/disk server. I have a 486 [running os/2, of course!] that I want
- >to be able to access the 386 from, via a lan.
- > I would like to be able to access the 386 from any session on the 486, as
- >normal drive letters (they were before setup as i, j and k). I would like
- >to run this over cheap ethernet or arcnet cards..
- > Can anyone point out that I can do to get this going, or what my options
- >are? I don't know what is available for os2, or this combination.
-
- IBM TCP/IP 1.2.1 for OS/2 with the optional NFS module wouldn't be a
- bad choice (along with corresponding DOS software, if the DOS machine
- is to remain DOS).
-
- But you really should ask in comp.os.os2.networking. Please note the
- Followup-To line.
-
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