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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.)

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