Re: (DOS/Win) Internet Client Software from a Server

Pat Presidente (Pat_Presidente@access.cn.camriv.bc.ca)
Sun, 28 Jan 1996 19:47:28 EST

As Joe mentions, Trumpet requires a unique IP address to be assigned. Having
bootp software loaded on the server is easily the best solution. With bootp
you simply give the starting address range and the number of IP's desired.
Then each time Trumpet is launched, bootp will assign an address in this
range and release it when the user exits.

Pat

>Internet client applications such as Eudora and Netscape can run off
>diskless workstations under Novell. The problem is that these are TCP/IP
>applications, which need a "TCP/IP stack" such as Trumpet launched before
>they run. This requires assigning each machine a unique IP address. One way
>to do this is by running Trumpet from a floppy with the local IP address on
>it. Otherwise you will have to have software which can assign an IP address
>centrally to each machine that needs to run Internet applications.

>>>
>I have a school that has networked (Netware & Thinnet) DOS/Windows machines
>with no hard drives in a lab. They are wondering if they can load single
>copies of the various Internet client packages on their server, especially
>Eudora and Netscape, and have multiple workstations access a single client
>simultaneously.
>
>Is anyone doing it, or do they have to use one copy per user either on the
>server or a floppy disk?

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