Omni-NFS - Windows to Unix Networking

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Your Unix systems can appear within Network Neighborhood or as a drive letter.

Omni-NFS also offers one of the simplest means of connecting Unix printers to your Windows PC's. You can now print to any Unix printer or spooler direct from the Windows desktop.

Omni-NFS is fully 32-bit compatible with all versions of Windows, from 3.1 through Windows 95 and 98 for desktops. Support for Windows NT and 2000 for desktop or server versions.

Select Omni-NFS Lite for personal desktop
Select Omni-NFS Server for networked access through NT/2000 server
Select Omni-NFS Enterprise for bi-directional access of desktops to Unix

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Key Benefits:

• Access to entire Unix file system from the PC - including server-mounted remote file systems

• Unix file system appears as if a local disk drive on the PC

• Sharing files and applications increases productivity, reduces PC disk space requirements

• Nothing new to learn - use standard DOS and Windows interfaces

• Unix user ID and password, file permissions, file/record locking for DOS files on server - no separate security scheme to maintain.

• No additional PC or Unix system administration required

• Unix system acts as non-dedicated file/print server - adds value

• Transparent access to enterprise-wide file systems from the PC

• Easily integrates Unix into existing PC LANs

• Uses standard Windows Explorer

• Files and applications on Unix server accessed as network drives

• Shared printers accessed through LPTx: printer redirection

Omni-NFS Lite

Windows users can now access UNIX files, printers and backup devices as if they are connected to their own Windows 2000 PC. Because Omni-NFS Lite is so tightly integrated with the Windows environment, you won't even know it's running. You'll be able to access all your UNIX resources through Network Neighborhood or via a mapped drive. It couldn't be simpler.

Omni-NFS Lite is also packaged with LPR, a UNIX line printer client. Using LPR you will be able to send print jobs to UNIX printers on systems which run LPD, the Line Printer Daemon server.

Features:

• NFS Client
• Access remote UNIX files and printers from your Windows 2000 PC.
• Auto mounting and UNC support
• Client mounting Wizard
• Automatic NIS server searching
• Automatic NFS server searching and detection
• Compatibility choice of NFS 3.0 or NFS 2.0
• Simple graphical user interface
• Bi-directional PC to UNIX data file conversion
• ACM (Advance Cache Management) enables faster file transactions
• Support symbolic link
• Supports multiple NIS servers

• Print directly to Windows 2000 Print Manager
• Enable your Windows 2000 PC to accept remote UNIX print requests.

Omni-NFS Server

Omni-NFS Server delivers the power to export local PC files and printers to remote UNIX systems. With the NFS Server, UNIX users can access files, directories, even CD-ROMs from UNIX applications and commands The LPD (Line Printer Daemon) software delivers a print server which can accept UNIX LPR print jobs, and print them out on a local Windows printer.

Ease of Use:

Configuration and administration is performed using a full graphical user interface making all operations straightforward and intuitive. The NFS Server is fully integrated with Windows features so you can use to share a NFS directories from Explorer or Network Neighborhood. On Windows NT, the NFS Server runs as a service to that it will automatically start at boot time without the need to wait for NT logging procedures. On Windows 95/98, the NFS Server can be added to the Startup group to automatically start when Windows has loaded.

Security:

The NFS Server is tightly integrated with UNIX and WIndows security. With Omni-NFS Server, you can restrict access to trusted hosts or users, and give them read/write or read-only permissions. With Windows NT, you can map users onto their Windows counterparts, using NT local or domain accounts. Features:

• Runs as a service (WinNT only)
• User mapping
• Supports Web NFS
• Works on NT 3.51 and 4.0 either workstations or servers.
• Seamlessly integrated with NT security, use NT local or domain accounts.
• Supports NFS version 2.0 and 3.0.
• Supports pcnfsd version 1.0 and 2.0.
• Supports mount version 1 and 3.
• Supports FAT, NTFS, CDFS, HPFS file systems.
• Supports network locking manager (NLM).
• Supports up to 2 billion GB(64bit) long file size.
• Provides secure NT to UNIX account mapping.
• Automatic NIS server searching
• Runs as a service (WinNT only)
• User mapping
• Supports multiple NIS servers
• LPD support to accept remote UNIX print requests.

Omni-NFS Enterprise

Introduction:

Omni-NFS Enterprise delivers the full power of NFS straight to your Windows desktop. Windows 95/98/NT users can now access UNIX files, printers and backup devices as if they were connected to their own PC. Because Omni-NFS Enterprise is so tightly integrated with the Windows environment, you won't even know it's running. You'll be able to access all your UNIX resources through Network Neighborhood or via a mapped drive. It couldn't be simpler.

You also get NFS Server software, so you can export your Windows files and printers to any UNIX system on the network.

Combine all this power with the connectivity tools listed below, and you have the ultimate Windows 95/98/NT NFS solution

Features:

• NFS Client
• Access remote UNIX files and printers from your Windows 95/98 PC.
• Auto mounting and UNC support
• Client mounting Wizard
• Automatic NIS server searching
• Automatic NFS server searching and detection
• Compatibility choice of NFS 3.0 or NFS 2.0
• Simple graphical user interface
• Bi-directional PC to UNIX data file conversion
• ACM (Advance Cache Management) enables faster file transactions
• Support symbolic link
• Supports multiple NIS servers .
• NFS Server
• Access remote PC resources from your UNIX machines.
• Runs as a service (WinNT only)
• User mapping
• Supports Web NFS
• Works on NT 3.51 and 4.0 either workstations or servers.
• Seamlessly integrated with NT security, use NT local or domain accounts.
• Supports NFS version 2.0 and 3.0.
• Supports pcnfsd version 1.0 and 2.0.
• Supports mount version 1 and 3.
• Supports FAT, NTFS, CDFS, HPFS file systems.
• Supports network locking manager (NLM).
• Supports up to 2 billion GB(64bit) long file size.
• Provides secure NT to UNIX account mapping.
• Automatic NIS server searching
• Runs as a service (WinNT only)
• User mapping
• Supports multiple NIS servers
• Remote Backup
• Archive your Windows 95/98/NT files to a UNIX tape drive or file system.

FTP Server
Allow remote FTP access to files on your PC.

FTP Client
Transfer files between your PC and UNIX with this easy to use file transfer program.

Rsh/Rexec
Execute shell commands on remote UNIX hosts from your Windows 95/98/NT/Alpha NT PC.

VT420 Terminal Emulator
A feature rich VT420/320/220/100/52 terminal emulation package.

LPR printer client
Send lpr print jobs to remote UNIX printers.

LPD printer server
Enable your Windows 95/98/NT PC to accept remote UNIX print requests.

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Product	Platform	NFS Client	NFS Server	X-Server	LPD /LPR	VT420	Backup	NFS Gateway Client	NFS Gateway Server
Omni-NFS Gateway	NT Server				Y	Y	Y	Y
Omni-NFS Dual Gateway	NT Server				Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Omni-NFS/X Enterprise	95/98/NT	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Omni-NFS Enterprise	95/98/NT	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
Omni-NFS 95/98	95/98	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
Omni-Lite 2000	2000	Y			Y
Omni-Lite NT	NT	Y			Y
Omni-Lite 95/98	95/98	Y			Y
Omni-NFS Server	95/98/NT		Y		LPD only
Omni-X Server	NT/98/95			Y		Y
Omni-VT420	95/98/NT					Y
Omni-Print	95/98/NT				Y
Omni-Tar	NT/98/95						Y

Using NFS Client, you can set up additional remote drives from your PC which are held on a UNIX system (or other NFS systems). For example, with the NFS Client, you could create a drive called drive J: on your PC which is a remote directory on UNIX.

Using NFS Server, you can make your PC's drives or directories available to remote UNIX (or other NFS) systems. The process is equivalent to allowing "Share" on your drives or folders within a Windows network. UNIX systems can then "mount" your drives or directories and read/write the files they contain (if you have given them sufficient permissions).

Q) Why should I look at Omni-NFS Gateway instead of the NFS client?

With an NFS Client, once you have set up additional remote drives, you cannot make them available to other PCs. Gateway runs on a NT Server, and allows you to set up remote drives in the same way as the NFS Client, but those drives can be accessed by other PCS via standard Windows networking. For example, on an NT Server, you could create a J: drive which was a remote directory on a UNIX system. Using the Gateway, that J: drive can be shared to other Windows PCs in the same way as you would share a local drive. The other PCs do not need to be running an NFS Client - they just need to be able to share and access drives using standard Windows networking (eg: Network Neighborhood etc).

If you want to access UNIX drives or directories (or other NFS systems) from a number of PCs, the advantage of using the Gateway is that you only have to install, maintain and setup the software on one NT PC - all user access and control can be managed from a single point. If you need to allow more than 5 PCs to have access to UNIX files and directories, you should evaluate the NFS Gateway.

Q) Why should I look at Omni-NFS Dual Gateway instead of the Omni-NFS Gateway?

The Dual Gateway operates in just the same way as Gateway but also offers an NFS Server capability. With the standard NFS Server, you cannot make remote Windows drives available, only your local drives. With the NFS Server in the Dual Gateway, you can make drives available even if they are not local to your NT PC. For example, imagine you had a remote drive M: loaded on your NT server which was the C: drive of another Windows 98 PC on your LAN. With the Dual Gateway, you can make it available to users of the UNIX system (or other NFS System).

The advantage of this approach is that you have a single point of installation and management.

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