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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