Subject: Parallel port connections
To: current-users <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Bob Nestor <rnestor@augustmail.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/19/2000 17:18:24
Does anyone have a suggestion/solution for this "problem":

Where I work we are permitted to bring personal computing equipment into 
the office (Palm, laptops, etc) as long as they aren't connected to the 
company's LAN.  We are however permitted to connect them to our company 
supplied Desktops which are PCs running Windows-95/98/NT.  So my 
co-workers have asked if there's any software available for NetBSD that 
would allow a laptop running NetBSD to connect to the Desktop via 
parallel or serial port for the purpose of doing disk sharing and/or file 
transfers.  The best solution would be something like Samba that would 
allow the NetBSD filesystems to be mounted on the Windows Desktop.  Does 
something like this exist?  Does anyone have any other ideas for a 
solution?

Thanks,
-bob