Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Configuring a Workgroup
Adding PC/NT Systems into the Workgroup
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Adding PC/NT Systems into the Workgroup
• “Hardware Connections” on page 413
• “Configuring HP-UX Systems for Terminal Emulation” on page 414
❏ “telnet” on page 414
❏ “Other Terminal Emulators” on page 417
• “Configuring HP-UX Systems for File Transfer” on page 417
❏ “ftp (File Transfer Protocol)” on page 417
• “Mounting File Systems Between HP-UX and PCs” on page 432
Hardware Connections
Adding a personal computer (PC) to a workgroup is much more a logical
operation than a physical one. The only requirement from a hardware
perspective is to give the personal computer physical access to the other
computers in the workgroup. This connection is usually (but not always)
a network connection. It could, however, be a modem (dial-in) connection:
a telephone-based UUCP connection, or a Serial Line Internet Protocol
(SLIP) connection for example.
The requirements of this connection depend on how you plan to interact
with the PC (See “Services for Data Exchange with Personal Computers”
on page 126). For example, occasionally transferring small ASCII files or
exchanging text-based e-mail between the users of the PC and the users
of your HP-UX computers isn’t likely to be a problem for a serial line
because comparatively little data are being transferred between
computers. However, if you plan to constantly share X Windows between
the HP-UX systems and the PC, you had better have a high-speed
connection such as a network connection between the two types of
computers, or the performance of your applications will be unacceptably
slow (if they work at all).
When connecting the PC to your other computers, you should consider:
• The amount of data to be exchanged between the PC and the other
computers in your workgroup