David Greer ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
 
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> We recently installed Windows NT. It's Remote Access Service (RAS)
> allows remote users access the server using NETBEUI. This is great,
> but it doesn't let me connect to our HP-UX and MPE machines. Recently,
> the Trumpet Winsock was enhanced to support dialing out over a modem.
> I have a Windows NT FAQ that shows how to configure RAS for SLIP. Has
> anyone tried running R1WIN over Trumpet Winsock dial-up with Windows
> NT as the server?
 
I initially started with Trumpet, then switched to RNS/Windows SLIP
client and now am running Win NT RAS client at home.  BTW, our commserver
at work is a Cayman Systems Gatoracces MP which supports SLIP and PPP.
 
Since going to the WinNT RAS, I've switched from SLIP to PPP which allows
me to concurrently run IPX and IP so I can get to our Novell servers,
access my calendar (which uses IPX), access our Linux machines (Telnet)
and our HP-3000's (NS/VT with RNS/Windows using WinNT's Winsock API
instead of WRQ's).
 
The point being that you *should* be able to get to your HP-UX and MPE
machines using the Win NT RAS server *if* you use PPP *and* your client
PPP software supports IPCP - which I believe Trumpet 2.0 does (though
I've not tried it myself).
 
> I gave WRQ RNS a try on WFWG 3.11 with RAS in the hope that WFWG 3.11
> would support enough networking to make all of this work. Needless to
> say, it didn't work, but WRQ did say that RAS support for NDIS
> (version 2 I think) is suppose to part of Windows '95 RAS. Should I
> just wait for that?
 
I gave up waiting for Windows 9x and bought Windows NT.  Overkill, yes.
But, I don't want until next year for real remote access and multitasking
and being able to use all my expensive RAM and the other 101 limitations
of Windows sitting on top of DOS.
 
> We can't be the only ones that have this need. Remote computing is a
> way of life for many people. I know that many HP3000-L readers have a
> PC at home. Do you feel like me that half the things that you are used
> to are missing when you are home?
 
Definitely.  (He says while typing this message from home...)  ;-)
 
  Jeff Lindberg, Data Processing Coordinator
 
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