Cloudmounter 3 2 – Mount Web Servers As Local Disks

• 51 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges 3 I always used the disks in the 'Recent Items' in the Apple drop down menu (which uses the same function as the 'Connect to Server' recent's list essentially) as an alternative to not being able to access the servers via Finder, in conjunction with direct connections via 'Connect to Server'.
• VM's include in-house Exchange 2010 box, 2 SQL servers, 2 DC's, web servers, app servers, and 5 Windows 2008 Remote Desktop Service servers so you get an idea of the VM's. I'm an HP shop so my thoughts are to pickup a couple HP DL380p's with dual Xeon processors with around 128GB of Memory and 3 TB of local storage in RAID 10.
• Select the mount type from the dropdown list. Depending on the type selected, you will be asked for different information required to access your cloud storage. The following options are for cloud storage: Azure File Share; AWS S3; SMB and NFS Settings. Enter the server fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP.

1. Cloudmounter 3 2 – Mount Web Servers As Local Disks Online
2. Types Of Web Servers
3. Used Web Servers For Sale

CloudMounter is a centralized solution for managing different cloud services and connecting to web servers. The cloud services are mounted on your Mac as if they were any other removable drive — OneDrive, Google Drive, Amazon S3, Dropbox, OpenStack, Box, Backblaze B2 are supported. In the file manager, click Other Locations in the sidebar. In Connect to Server, enter the address of the server, in the form of a URL. Details on supported URLs are listed below. If you have connected to the server before, you can click on it in the Recent Servers list. The files on the server will be shown.

Related: Map Drive Webdav - Space Map Drive - Cd Map Drive - Change Folder Color Map Drive - Clean Map Drive Password

• License: Shareware

Folder Express helps you instantly jump to your frequently used folders in:
- Windows Explorer
- Folder windows
- Browse Folder dialog
- Open/Save File dialog
Right click your favorite folder and add it to Folder Express. Folder Express will show your favorite folders in a menu. Click a menu item and you are brought to the folder. You need not move through all the drives and folders and sub-folders to go where you want any more.
You can easily open Folder Express menu that contains your favorite folders in several ways with mouse or keyboard:
- Integrate Folder Express into shell context menu
- Press a hot key
- Right click window buttons (maximize, minimize, help or close button)
- Right click Folder Express tray icon
..

• Platform: Windows
• Publisher:Huang He
• Date: 13-04-2004
• Size: 1797 KB

• License: Shareware

Gladinet Cloud Desktop mounts cloud storage as local folders. Users can access their cloud files in Windows Explorer. Supported storage includes FTP, WebDav servers, EMC Atmos online, Box.net, Amazon S3, Google Docs, Picasa, and more.Once the storage is mounted as local folders, users can setup backup tasks in Gladinet, to simultaneously backup multiple local folders to a redundant arrary of cloud storage. For example, users can backup a local folder on drive C and another on drive D to an FTP server, Amazon S3 and WebDav server in a single task.

• Platform: Windows
• Publisher:GLADINET, INC.
• Date: 29-06-2009
• Size: 12147 KB

• License: Shareware

Unlike a typical FTP client, WebDrive allows you to open and edit server-based files without the additional step of downloading the file. Using the simple WebDrive site profile manager, you can configure WebDrive to mount a remote FTP server as a local file system device. By connecting through a 'virtual' device, there is no need to learn a separate FTP client interface. You access and edit files on the server the same way that you interact with files on your local Mac.

• Platform: iOS 4.x, Mac
• Publisher:South River Technologies
• Date: 20-12-2013
• Size: 23966 KB

• License: Freeware

Gladinet Cloud Desktop provides seamless desktop access to cloud storage from Amazon, Google, and many other providers. It keeps your documents synchronized on multiple PCs and creates backups based on folder or file type selections. Access is provided from a local drive on your desktop which allows management of cloud files and folders from Windows Explorer. Backups may include dynamic data from applications like databases. Mirrored and snapshot backups are supported. Mirrored backups maintain the latest versions of files in the backup set while snapshot backups allow older versions of files to be restored.

• Platform: WinOther
• Publisher:Gladinet, Inc.
• Date: 12-06-2012
• Size: 19548 KB

• License: Comercial

Gladinet Cloud Desktop provides seamless desktop access to cloud storage from Amazon, Google, and many other providers. It keeps your documents synchronized on multiple PCs and creates backups based on folder or file type selections. Access is provided from a local drive on your desktop which allows management of cloud files and folders from Windows Explorer. Backups may include dynamic data from applications like databases. Mirrored and snapshot backups are supported. Mirrored backups maintain the latest versions of files in the backup set while snapshot backups allow older versions of files to be restored.

• Platform: WinOther
• Publisher:Gladinet, Inc.
• Date: 20-08-2012
• Size: 19548 KB

• License: Freeware

Gladinet Cloud Desktop provides seamless desktop access to cloud storage from Amazon, Google, and many other providers. It keeps your documents synchronized on multiple PCs and creates backups based on folder or file type selections. Access is provided from a local drive on your desktop which allows management of cloud files and folders from Windows Explorer. Backups may include dynamic data from applications like databases. Mirrored and snapshot backups are supported. Mirrored backups maintain the latest versions of files in the backup set while snapshot backups allow older versions of files to be restored.

• Platform: WinOther
• Publisher:Gladinet, Inc.
• Date: 24-09-2012
• Size: 15954 KB

• License: Shareware

Logon Script Creator provides network administrators with an easy interface for creating powerful and flexible logon scripts Logon Script Creator provides network administrators with an easy interface for creating powerful and flexible logon scripts utilizing Windows Scripting technologies (VBScript) - without having to know any programming language! With Logon Script Creator, we tried to keep everything simple and self explanatory (including the name).Here are some key features of 'Logon Script Creator':Logon Script Creator has an easy to understand GUI that allows you to view and add your current script settings.

• Platform: WinOther
• Publisher:sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch
• Date: 14-08-2009
• Size: 2682 KB

• License: Freeware

DirectNet Drive allows to access your remote files stored on FTP/SFTP and WebDAV servers just as if they are located on your local PC.
With DirectNet Drive you can use the remote storage as a local drive: drag-n-drop the files in Windows Explorer, watch videos and play music in your favorite Media Player just directly from the FTP site.
DirectNet Drive Features:
* Remote storage is visible as a local hard disk to applications
DirectNet Drive fully emulates local disk behavior for the mounted sites.

• Platform: Windows
• Publisher:FmotSoft
• Date:
• Size: 6881 KB

• License: Freeware

The Strategy Map Mind-Map style Flowchart defines the Mission, Goals, Perspectives & Objectives which are then used to Drive the Balanced Scorecard to develop Individual Employee scorecard-based Business Plans. The software is extremely adaptable and allows additional layers to be inserted between the Objectives and Measures thereby ensuring that it can suit almost any planning style. The software can also be used for Asset Management and Project work. It also features a cross-referencing section called Drill-Down where you can check the validity of your business plan.

• Platform: Windows
• Publisher:Applied PC Systems
• Date: 01-11-2005
• Size: 1766 KB

• License: Shareware

Windows does not properly reconnect network drives after logon that have been configured using Map Network Drive in Windows Explorer with the 'Reconnect at logon' feature checked. Although they're visible in Windows Explorer, they are usually not activated. This causes problems when e.g. a network drive is used as a central location to store documents and/or settings. Applications that use these centrally stored files will complain or even fail to start because the network location is not accessible.

• Platform: Windows
• Publisher:Suncross
• Date: 18-6-2009

• License: Freeware

Thailand Fly & Drive. 100% Offline road map, flights status & tickets, airport, car rental, hotels booking.
Plan your trip with Fly & Drive offline Holiday Advisor.

Fly & Drive is a smart, multi-language, easy to use flight and travel planning tool. Flights Planner allowing you to view all worldwide flight services and connection options.
Already in place? Need a offline map for your trip? Fast, detailed and completely offline maps for mobile devices is a part of our app too.
Our OFFLINE Map & Flights planner you can use without data roaming, WIFI Connection and hidden costs!

Over 3 million hikers use our apps!

FLY:
-- Airport Manager with airport plan, map directions, taxi & transfer, weather, nearby hotels
-- Flight Board with live flight departure and arrival atatus for all worldwide airports.

• Platform: Android 2.x, Android 3.x, Android 4.4, Android 4.x
• Publisher:Free Offline Maps & Guides
• Date: 19-11-2014
• Size: 11264 KB

• License: Demo

CloudMounter is a centralized solution for managing different cloud services and connecting to web servers. The cloud services are mounted on your Mac as if they were any other removable drive — OneDrive, Google Drive, Amazon S3, Dropbox, OpenStack, Box, Backblaze B2 are supported. FTP, SFTP and WebDAV servers can be connected to Finder as if they were located on your local network. You can also protect your online files with the encryption feature. The app is really simple — it looks like a connection manager where each cloud service and web-server are assigned to a key.

• Platform: Mac OS X
• Publisher:Eltima Software
• Date: 01-04-2018
• Size: 32716 KB

• License: Shareware

GroupMap makes painless the mapping of drives and sending of network messages. Users can create groups of network resources. For example, groups may be created by department, customer, home versus work, or any other desired groupings. Within a group you can map drives to any of the resources all at once up to available drive letters. Or, you can map just one drive or select a few. Browse the active network and disconnect resources easily. Passwords are encrypted so you can share your non-registry based data files with other users, thus giving them the ability to map drives under a certain set of credentials without having the actual passwords.

• Platform: Windows
• Publisher:RAHNSOFT
• Date: 15-05-2004
• Size: 617 KB

• License: Shareware

ReaSoft Network Drive is a unique application owing to its multifunctionality, with the outlined key mission: efficient use of the free HDD space in the network. In spite of the the fact that some features are quite different, they are all unified by the ability to create a network drive using both local and network sources. The first function, 'Local folders' allows to select several local or network folders and combine them into one network drive. Moreover, sharing and security rules may be set for the drive on the whole, that is, undoubtedly, more practical than setting the rules for each shared folder.

• Platform: Windows
• Publisher:ReaSoft Development
• Date: 20-08-2008
• Size: 2084 KB

• License: Shareware

Create Color-Coded Charts, Tooltip-based Directories, and GUIs with a Flash-based USA State Map! Use ASP to drive up-to-the-second data to the Map via XML. Simple to implement on your website but offers powerful features for the developer.

• Platform: Misc Scripts
• Publisher:accelerize.com
• Date: 24-02-2011

• License: Freeware

Red Drive is a free file transfer extension that integrates with your Windows Explorer environment allowing you to drag, drop, open and edit files on remote servers without launching a separate file transfer client. Red Drive supports various file transfer protocols including FTP, FTPS (FTP over SSL), SFTP (FTP over SSH) and WebDAV.

• Platform: WinOther
• Publisher:JSCAPE
• Date: 11-07-2012
• Size: 963 KB

• License: Freeware

SWX-Onlinebackup can simultaneously store data in up to 8 different backup targets. Available for it are local disks, FTP servers, local network and data services in the 'cloud' (WebDAV). Already integrated Cloud's are: Dropbox, CloudMe, Strato HiDrive, 1 & 1 SmartDrive, T-Online Media Center, GMX.de, Web.de, MyDrive.ch, 4shared.com, BOX.com yandex.com, smestorage.com.. Integrated version control: If desired, you always have several backups on hand. How much you want to keep multiple versions of your file is limited only by the available memory backup.

• Platform: Windows
• Publisher:SWX - Softwareentwicklung Kreutz
• Date: 01-12-2012
• Size: 158 KB

• License: Freeware

WebDAV Synchronizer is a component which sychronize a local drive folder with any WebDAV folder. This Synchronizer can be scheduled or can be run continously.
WebDAV Synchronizer License - GNU General Public License (GPL).

• Platform: WinOther
• Publisher:Jwebdavsync
• Date:

• License: Shareware

USAPhotoMaps downloads USGS aerial photo and topo map data from Microsoft's free TerraServer Web site, saves it on your hard drive, and creates maps with GPS accuracy.
You can:
· Scroll and zoom
· See latitude/longitude
· See USGS Landmarks
· See TIGER/Line streets
· See elevation and contour lines
· Add waypoints, routes, and text
· Go to any address, populated place, USGS landmark, or lat/lon in the U.

• Platform: WinOther
• Publisher:Doug Cox
• Date:

• License: Shareware

CloudBerry Drive is a tool to map your cloud storage as a local drive to access and edit files in the cloud directly from the Windows Explorer interface. Supports Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Rackspace cloud files, Windows Azure, OpenStack Swift, Goolge Cloud Storage Pricing and licensing: For desktop version of Windows such as Windows XP/Vista/7/8 you need to purchase the desktop license $29.99 For server version of Windows such as Windows 2003/2008/2012 you need to purchase server license $59,99 You have to buy a license for every computer where you want to use the software.

• Platform: Windows
• Publisher:CloudBerry Lab
• Date:
• Size: 4085 KB

Kris Buytaert, kb@ipng.be

1.1 What's this document

Some unused piece of delicious hardware floating around on my desk.Screaming to be used. 40 MB ofram and a 403 PPC inside.

So I decided to give it a try and connect it to my local Linux network.

In this Howto we'll be dealing with an This Howto started out with a IBM Network Station model8361-100, other models were added afterwards

We also have some additional info about the other 2 models. The8361-200 (Model 300) and the 8362-A23 (Model 1000). More info can be found at http://www.pc.ibm.com/networkstation/products/(choose your regionhere)

I'm trying to describe how I setup the NC, there are probably lots ofother ways to set up this machine, however this one works fine.Any other remarks you might have from your own experience are welcome.(Hardware is also welcome ;-))

This Howto is not trying to be the Bible on NC's and Linux, it'strying to get you started. Contributions to this NC are most welcome.

During the past year I have received numerous comments on the HOWTO and lotsof help from other people (suprisingly a lot from inside IBM). I've been busy,therefore now is the first time that I'm trying to do a real update of theHOWTO. Most people are asking me about Linux binaries to extract theAIX distribution file. I have heard about an internal IBM project that isgoing on there but I have no accurate info on that matter yet.

1.2 Todo

Things we still have to implement in this Howto

• How to export your homedir
• How to run applications
• How to run Java Applets

Help is appreciated ;-)

Since version 1.91 this Howto wil also document the more recent units like the Netvista 2200 and the Netvista 2800.

1.3 Latest versions

Latest versions of this document can be found on the main website.

1.4 Copyright

This HOWTO is copyrighted 1998-2001 Kris Buytaert

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or anylater version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. Acopy of the license is included in the appendix entitled 'GNU Free Documentation License'.

1.5 Disclaimer

Use the information in this document at your own risk. I disavow anypotential liability for the contents of this document. Use of theconcepts, examples, and/or other content of this document is entirelyat your own risk.

All copyrights are owned by their owners, unless specifically notedotherwise. Use of a term in this document should not be regarded asaffecting the validity of any trademark or service mark.

Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen asendorsements.

You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system beforemajor installation and backups at regular intervals.

As far as I know there are currently 3 differerent kinds of situations when talking about Linux and the Netstationfamlily.The first type is the IBM NC 100, 110 and 300 series. (I`m still waiting on confirmation on the existance of the110 series). These babies don't run linux as far as I know. This HOWTO however describes how to ingetrete itinto your Linux environment.

The second type is the IBM NC 1000, as of november 2002 these do run Linux , although I haven't had the time todocument this clearly you can download the required software from

• Platform: Windows
• Publisher:FmotSoft
• Date:
• Size: 6881 KB

• License: Freeware

The Strategy Map Mind-Map style Flowchart defines the Mission, Goals, Perspectives & Objectives which are then used to Drive the Balanced Scorecard to develop Individual Employee scorecard-based Business Plans. The software is extremely adaptable and allows additional layers to be inserted between the Objectives and Measures thereby ensuring that it can suit almost any planning style. The software can also be used for Asset Management and Project work. It also features a cross-referencing section called Drill-Down where you can check the validity of your business plan.

• Platform: Windows
• Publisher:Applied PC Systems
• Date: 01-11-2005
• Size: 1766 KB

• License: Shareware

Windows does not properly reconnect network drives after logon that have been configured using Map Network Drive in Windows Explorer with the 'Reconnect at logon' feature checked. Although they're visible in Windows Explorer, they are usually not activated. This causes problems when e.g. a network drive is used as a central location to store documents and/or settings. Applications that use these centrally stored files will complain or even fail to start because the network location is not accessible.

• Platform: Windows
• Publisher:Suncross
• Date: 18-6-2009

• License: Freeware

Thailand Fly & Drive. 100% Offline road map, flights status & tickets, airport, car rental, hotels booking.
Plan your trip with Fly & Drive offline Holiday Advisor.

Fly & Drive is a smart, multi-language, easy to use flight and travel planning tool. Flights Planner allowing you to view all worldwide flight services and connection options.
Already in place? Need a offline map for your trip? Fast, detailed and completely offline maps for mobile devices is a part of our app too.
Our OFFLINE Map & Flights planner you can use without data roaming, WIFI Connection and hidden costs!

Over 3 million hikers use our apps!

FLY:
-- Airport Manager with airport plan, map directions, taxi & transfer, weather, nearby hotels
-- Flight Board with live flight departure and arrival atatus for all worldwide airports.

• Platform: Android 2.x, Android 3.x, Android 4.4, Android 4.x
• Publisher:Free Offline Maps & Guides
• Date: 19-11-2014
• Size: 11264 KB

• License: Demo

CloudMounter is a centralized solution for managing different cloud services and connecting to web servers. The cloud services are mounted on your Mac as if they were any other removable drive — OneDrive, Google Drive, Amazon S3, Dropbox, OpenStack, Box, Backblaze B2 are supported. FTP, SFTP and WebDAV servers can be connected to Finder as if they were located on your local network. You can also protect your online files with the encryption feature. The app is really simple — it looks like a connection manager where each cloud service and web-server are assigned to a key.

• Platform: Mac OS X
• Publisher:Eltima Software
• Date: 01-04-2018
• Size: 32716 KB

• License: Shareware

GroupMap makes painless the mapping of drives and sending of network messages. Users can create groups of network resources. For example, groups may be created by department, customer, home versus work, or any other desired groupings. Within a group you can map drives to any of the resources all at once up to available drive letters. Or, you can map just one drive or select a few. Browse the active network and disconnect resources easily. Passwords are encrypted so you can share your non-registry based data files with other users, thus giving them the ability to map drives under a certain set of credentials without having the actual passwords.

• Platform: Windows
• Publisher:RAHNSOFT
• Date: 15-05-2004
• Size: 617 KB

• License: Shareware

ReaSoft Network Drive is a unique application owing to its multifunctionality, with the outlined key mission: efficient use of the free HDD space in the network. In spite of the the fact that some features are quite different, they are all unified by the ability to create a network drive using both local and network sources. The first function, 'Local folders' allows to select several local or network folders and combine them into one network drive. Moreover, sharing and security rules may be set for the drive on the whole, that is, undoubtedly, more practical than setting the rules for each shared folder.

• Platform: Windows
• Publisher:ReaSoft Development
• Date: 20-08-2008
• Size: 2084 KB

• License: Shareware

Create Color-Coded Charts, Tooltip-based Directories, and GUIs with a Flash-based USA State Map! Use ASP to drive up-to-the-second data to the Map via XML. Simple to implement on your website but offers powerful features for the developer.

• Platform: Misc Scripts
• Publisher:accelerize.com
• Date: 24-02-2011

• License: Freeware

Red Drive is a free file transfer extension that integrates with your Windows Explorer environment allowing you to drag, drop, open and edit files on remote servers without launching a separate file transfer client. Red Drive supports various file transfer protocols including FTP, FTPS (FTP over SSL), SFTP (FTP over SSH) and WebDAV.

• Platform: WinOther
• Publisher:JSCAPE
• Date: 11-07-2012
• Size: 963 KB

• License: Freeware

SWX-Onlinebackup can simultaneously store data in up to 8 different backup targets. Available for it are local disks, FTP servers, local network and data services in the 'cloud' (WebDAV). Already integrated Cloud's are: Dropbox, CloudMe, Strato HiDrive, 1 & 1 SmartDrive, T-Online Media Center, GMX.de, Web.de, MyDrive.ch, 4shared.com, BOX.com yandex.com, smestorage.com.. Integrated version control: If desired, you always have several backups on hand. How much you want to keep multiple versions of your file is limited only by the available memory backup.

• Platform: Windows
• Publisher:SWX - Softwareentwicklung Kreutz
• Date: 01-12-2012
• Size: 158 KB

• License: Freeware

WebDAV Synchronizer is a component which sychronize a local drive folder with any WebDAV folder. This Synchronizer can be scheduled or can be run continously.
WebDAV Synchronizer License - GNU General Public License (GPL).

• Platform: WinOther
• Publisher:Jwebdavsync
• Date:

• License: Shareware

USAPhotoMaps downloads USGS aerial photo and topo map data from Microsoft's free TerraServer Web site, saves it on your hard drive, and creates maps with GPS accuracy.
You can:
· Scroll and zoom
· See latitude/longitude
· See USGS Landmarks
· See TIGER/Line streets
· See elevation and contour lines
· Add waypoints, routes, and text
· Go to any address, populated place, USGS landmark, or lat/lon in the U.

• Platform: WinOther
• Publisher:Doug Cox
• Date:

• License: Shareware

CloudBerry Drive is a tool to map your cloud storage as a local drive to access and edit files in the cloud directly from the Windows Explorer interface. Supports Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Rackspace cloud files, Windows Azure, OpenStack Swift, Goolge Cloud Storage Pricing and licensing: For desktop version of Windows such as Windows XP/Vista/7/8 you need to purchase the desktop license $29.99 For server version of Windows such as Windows 2003/2008/2012 you need to purchase server license $59,99 You have to buy a license for every computer where you want to use the software.

• Platform: Windows
• Publisher:CloudBerry Lab
• Date:
• Size: 4085 KB

Kris Buytaert, kb@ipng.be

1.1 What's this document

Some unused piece of delicious hardware floating around on my desk.Screaming to be used. 40 MB ofram and a 403 PPC inside.

So I decided to give it a try and connect it to my local Linux network.

In this Howto we'll be dealing with an This Howto started out with a IBM Network Station model8361-100, other models were added afterwards

We also have some additional info about the other 2 models. The8361-200 (Model 300) and the 8362-A23 (Model 1000). More info can be found at http://www.pc.ibm.com/networkstation/products/(choose your regionhere)

I'm trying to describe how I setup the NC, there are probably lots ofother ways to set up this machine, however this one works fine.Any other remarks you might have from your own experience are welcome.(Hardware is also welcome ;-))

This Howto is not trying to be the Bible on NC's and Linux, it'strying to get you started. Contributions to this NC are most welcome.

During the past year I have received numerous comments on the HOWTO and lotsof help from other people (suprisingly a lot from inside IBM). I've been busy,therefore now is the first time that I'm trying to do a real update of theHOWTO. Most people are asking me about Linux binaries to extract theAIX distribution file. I have heard about an internal IBM project that isgoing on there but I have no accurate info on that matter yet.

1.2 Todo

Things we still have to implement in this Howto

• How to export your homedir
• How to run applications
• How to run Java Applets

Help is appreciated ;-)

Since version 1.91 this Howto wil also document the more recent units like the Netvista 2200 and the Netvista 2800.

1.3 Latest versions

Latest versions of this document can be found on the main website.

1.4 Copyright

This HOWTO is copyrighted 1998-2001 Kris Buytaert

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or anylater version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. Acopy of the license is included in the appendix entitled 'GNU Free Documentation License'.

1.5 Disclaimer

Use the information in this document at your own risk. I disavow anypotential liability for the contents of this document. Use of theconcepts, examples, and/or other content of this document is entirelyat your own risk.

All copyrights are owned by their owners, unless specifically notedotherwise. Use of a term in this document should not be regarded asaffecting the validity of any trademark or service mark.

Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen asendorsements.

You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system beforemajor installation and backups at regular intervals.

As far as I know there are currently 3 differerent kinds of situations when talking about Linux and the Netstationfamlily.The first type is the IBM NC 100, 110 and 300 series. (I`m still waiting on confirmation on the existance of the110 series). These babies don't run linux as far as I know. This HOWTO however describes how to ingetrete itinto your Linux environment.

The second type is the IBM NC 1000, as of november 2002 these do run Linux , although I haven't had the time todocument this clearly you can download the required software from

Both of the above types are PowerPC based devices.

The third type of Netstations are the 2200 and the 2800 series. These are Intel based devices and have beendesigned to run Linux by default. You will find some basic documentation on HOWTO install these machines in thehowto.

3.1 Hardware

Netstation Clients

An NC, connected to your local Network, most likely by a UTP connection , thusvia a cross-cable or HUB connecting to an Server - in this case a Linux Box Basically the NC is Made to work with either AS/400 , WindowsNT or AIX Servers. These are all expensive solutions, however workingwith thin clients doesnt have to cost that much. (Token Ring versions are also available)

The model I have at my disposal is an IBM Network Station model 8361-100,On the inside you can find an 403PPC chip, some S3 vga components, anPCMCIA slot, and normal 72 pin (parity ??) simms.I found 8+32 Mb in my edition.

Actually those 40Mb were major overkill. Infull operation modes with lot's of configuration panels a couple of telnet sessions and a X -query open only took up about 4Mb of ram. ) So taking out the 32Mb showed absolutely nosignificant loss of speed.

Well, after working more with the Netstation, specially with Navio I foundout Navio uses as much 27-30 Mb. So those 40 Mb`s really aren`t thatmuch hoverkill

We proved it was no problem setting it up on a Linux only network. You'll need a server that can provide you both withabout 25Mb of free diskspace for the software, and the capacities to runan X -query. In the setup overhere we used a 486DX50 with 8Mb as afileserver and I switch between another 486DX266 (PS/2 85) with 32Mb, and my Multia with 48Mb as the X serverOf course, the faster machines the better.

Changes in the new versions.

The new version comes with a new kernel and some changes in theapplications.The kernel can now be downloaded as a compressed file which speeds up theprocess.

Starting with the Network Station 3.0, you need a new Boot Monitor or bootPROM(aka Firmware) with the version 3.0.x or later. Your NetworkStation won'tworkwith a older boot PROM (aka Firmware) and the new Network Station 3.xkernel.If you buy a new NetworkStation, you always get one of the latest PROMs Olderversions can be automatically updated from a boot server, from which thenew boot PROM get's downloaded. (Could somebody please confirm me that these devices are the 110 versionswith a PPC 403GC(X) in it !!!!)

There also is a new layout of the Setup Utility where you define you basicnetwork settings of your Network Station.

Netvista Clients

The Netvista Clients (2200 and 2800) have been designed to run Linux natively, those thin clients are not based on PowerPC Chips but on an Intel Chipset therefore running linux on those devices is quite straightforward

3.2 Software

IBM Software.

Netstation Software

NC kernel, fonts etc.

In order to boot the NC you will need its Kernel and fonts.About 25Mb of files are needed on the server.They can be found on an AIX 4.X with the Netstation modules installed.Or from the IBM Netstation Download Page

Netvista Software

NFS Server.

A working NFS server, like in every default Linux distribution. Approx 85Mb of diskspace has to be exported to the NC. (this includes alot of documentation which you don't acutally need)

X Server.

Any machine running XDM with enough memory, processor power will do.You don't need to have X configured on the machine itselve, it canbe a head-less server. Basic X Windows install will provideyou with the necessary deamons.

There is the possibility to run a local X11 server which may avoid somenetwork traffic. The new version supports a standard X11 and a MotifX11 server. Using a configurable menu or by allowing telnet sessionsyou may access other computers/servers on the network.

You may also be able to export applications to your Netstationdisplay withouth actually using XDM . You might want to run an extra window manager.This can be done by telnetting into the remote box and typing export DISPLAY=nc_ipnr:0and afterwards running the application you want to use.

Optional

DHCP Server

If you have multiple NC's, you may wish to distribute the IP Adresses by using a DHCP Serverhow to obtain and configure a DHCP server can be read in the DHCP Mini Howto on sunsite

You found all the software you needed. Now let's install them.

4.1 IBM Netstations using the AIX binaries.

Before making the tarball on the aix machine, make sure you run/usr/netstation/bin/agree in order to make the kernel in a usable format.Probably you will have to do the same thing with the tarball you get fromthe IBM website. So finding the kernel separatly might be anothersolution.Find a drive with about 25Mb of free diskspace, I use /usr/netstation/,and unpack the tarbal either from the IBM website or from an AIX machine.There is no need in using the approx 60Mb from /usr/netstation/doc onthe disk if you don't have enough diskspace.

4.2 Not using the AIX binaries.

This section has been contributed by Ken Collins and still have to becrosschecked by me.

• Download nsmsetup.exe fromhttp://techsupport.services.ibm.com/nc/pcserver/index2.shtml
• I don't have NT set up, so I moved it over into a Win98 partitionand tried executing nsmsetup.exe. It extracted properly, then chokedon the install and removed all the install files. Then I tried openingit with WinZip, and that worked. I just extracted everything into myWindows partition under the directory C:/netstation.
• I then copied everything from C:/netstation/prodbase to my linuxbox. I set everything up in /usr/netstation, which I think was amistake. I ran strings on parts of the package, and it looks like/netstation/prodbase is compiled into various programs. I'm going totry it again with installing in /netstation/prodbase
• Booting the kernel worked fine. I'm not sure how much of the restof it worked, since I've never seen a working netstation. I'm gettinga lot of error messages, but an X server comes up, and I'm able totelnet and start Mwm. I was able to set up xdm and log into my Linuxserver, until I botched something. Now I get an IBM login screen thatdoesn't allow me to log in.

Some readers have helped out here. What you need to do is create a file new file that will be included in your standard.nsm or modify that file.

e.g.

You can create a file called local.nsm with the following contents (10.1.89.33 is your Linux Box)and you add to standard.nsm.

An alternative is to change a single line in/netstation/prodbase/configs/required.nsm from{ actlogin }to{ login }to get an xdm chooser or{ login xx.xx.xx.xx }to do a direct xdm query to your linux box. There's athird way but we haven't got confirmation on this.

{ actlogin -authserv xx.xx.xx.xx }

Philip Tait wrote to tell us this :'From the directory tree extracted from nsmsetup.exe using WinZIPclassic, copy the entire tree under 'Prodbase' to /netstation. Export/netstation, and proceed as for the following sections.

Bram Piket wrote in with even a better version.

After downloading the nsmsetup.exe file you should run this file. There will be a probe to install the NetworkStation under this win-system.That does not succeed (in my case?).Don't click the last error-window away. Then there is left a tempory NetStation-directory: 'Ixp000.tmp'.Copy the subdirectories to the linux-dir '/netstation'.Rename 'x11' to 'X11', 'en_us' to 'EN_US'.Then edit the file'/netstation/prodbase/configs/required.nsm' to reflect where vvv.xxx.yyy.zzz is the LINUX-server address.

4.3 The Netvista Linuxversions

Download the NetVistaLTC.tar.gz file from the IBM web pages., untar the file and run rh_install.sh (we are going for the RedHat distribution here)

Upgrade for the IBM Network station Boot Monitor.

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You can download the most recent bflash images from http://service.boulder.ibm.com/dl/nc/priv/netsta-rd_linuxJust point the device to boot from the bflash images you downloaded and your firmware will upgrade itselve !.

4.4 The Linux Part

Setting up the nfs server

Edit your /etc/exports,add the lineWhere 10.0.0.50 is the IP address you want to give to the NC.Restart your nfs deamon.

or on a RedHat-like system easier (5.X)

Your NC should now be able to mount the /usr/netsation by NFS.

Bascially if you don`t need X-Windows this is as far as it gets. You caneasily telnet from your NC with nothing more installed. However the beautyof this thing is it`s X capability.

Setting up the X server

Next we have to set up the X server. Basically I didn't need to set upanything, all of my machines that ran X-Windows were configured to acceptconnections. I just started up the NC for the first time and it showed meall the machines that ran an XDM (cfr running an X -indirect). So anymachine that can run xdm can be used as X Server. Just make sure XDM isSo any machine that can run xdm can be used as X Server. Just make sureXDM is started.

4.5 Setting up Automatic Client configuration

This part has been contributed byJosef Hill

what I'm includingis the line for using the NS1000 with no configuration done on the box.(defaults. everything is left blank)

inetd.conf:

then create a directory /QIBM/ProdData/NetworkStation/

and copy the contents of the prodbase directory in the winzip sfx nsmsetup.exewhich you can download fromhttp://techsupport.services.ibm.com/dl/nc/priv/netsta-rd_nsm (you may need tocreate an account to access this. it's free and requires no real information.)note that this download is 90some MB

At this point, if you've done the 3 requisite steps, your netstation will boot.

• set up DHCP
• enable TFTP to the QIBM directory
• copy the contents of the prodbase directory to the proper path

If you use this approach you can obviously skip the next part ! ;-)

Everything on the server side should be setup now. Lets try the NC side.

5.1 Auto Config

If you have setup autoconfig as described above you shouldn`t be reading this part unless it doesn`t work

5.2 Netstation Clients

Unplug the network cable from the NC. Then boot it up.

After checking its Memory, VGA etc, it will boot into the IBM NetworkStation Setup Utility. Basically you can manage everything from this menusystem. The main parts will be described here.

Setting up TCP/IP

Section 5 (F5) :Your network setup should look something like this :

Resembles my setup. The NC itself has 10.0.0.50While 10.0.0.1 is the NFS Server, 10.0.0.11 is a secondary NFS server,just in case.

Setting Up the Boot Parameters

Section 6 (F6):Looks like this in my setup.

Where /usr/netstation is the directory export on 10.0.0.1

Setting Up the Monitor

Section 7 (F7):You can choose the right resolution / refresh rate from a nice menu. Ihave mine running on an old 14' VGA Screen running in 1024x768 @60Hz

Basically that's all you need to install.

Just plug in your Network cable again. And Reboot the NC.After testing the Video / DRAM, the NC will search theHost system and request the startup information, download the Kernelfrom the NFS and boot up.

In some cases, the NC might download an updated Firmware from the host.

When starting the graphical Console you should get a menu bar and a screenwhere you can select the X Hosts.You are nowin the CLE (Common Login Environment): it's a desktop from where you canstart all sessions, either telnet or X . It uses a local windowmanager which is a small window manager based on MWM.

Your NC is now setup. Congratulations !

Further Configuration

Further configuration of the NC can be done e.g. be setting the colors, windowsizes, default keymaps etc. I'm not going to describe these in detail.If you have troubles finding your way through the menu system. The IBMNetwork Station Runtime Environment for RS/6000 User's Guide whichcan be found in either .pdf or .ps athttp://www.as400.ibm.com/networkstation/rs6000/ and will provideyouwith detailed information.

5.3 Netvista Clients

Newer versions of the Setup screen might look like this

• F2 = View Hardware Configuration
• F3 = Set Network Parameters
• F4 = Set Boot Parameters
• F5 = Set Configuration Parameters
• F6 = Set Monitor Parameters
• F7 = Set Language Parameters
• F10 = Set Verbose Diagnostic Message Disabled

With F3 you get a panel to set the IP adresses of the Station, the bootserverand the gateways as well as the subnet mask. With F4 you get a panel toset theboot kernel name and path and method (tftp or NFS). F5 brings you to apanel toset your configuration files and paths.

6.1 Experiences (NC100)

Using the NC as a plain terminal with multiple consoles.The Built-in Motif extensions are a lot easier to use than thedefault setup ;-)Pressing the Pause/Break key will pop up the NC Menu at any time.

6.2 Connecting through a network into the NC (NC100)

The network station allows configuration access via telnet sessions onseveral ports. The ones I know are by default configured like this:

• port 87, service SerialSD, (raw - serial daemon)
• port 5964, service ParallelD, (raw - parallel daemon)
• port 5976, service FILED, (raw - file manager)
• port 5977, service PREFD, (raw - user preferences)
• port 5978, service DIAG, (raw - diagnostics)
• port 5979, service CONFIGD, (raw - configuration)
• port 5996, service FILED, (telnet - file manager)
• port 5997, service PREFD, (telnet - user preferences)
• port 5998, service DIAG, (telnet - diagnostics)
• port 5999, service CONFIGD, (telnet - configuration)

You can easliy access the TCP ports by using a telnet sessiontelnet NC-IPaddr port.Be careful whether there is a password check enabled.The passphrase 'public' (without quotes) worked for me.

Port 5978

Remote LoggingIt's the same as the messages console in your CLE.

The format of each entry stretches over 2 lines.

+ DD:HH:MM:SSNSKxxxx: ..

The first line covers date using the string that counts days, hours,minutes andseconds since boot time. The second line starts with an message identifierand theenglish plain text message after a separating colon, e.g.:

Port 5999 CONFIGD

Use this port to do remote configuration for the NC by an telnet session(telnetNC-IPaddr 5999).

Here are some first commands and hints that seemed to me to be useful.You can apparently configure the NC remotely - online. The configurationfiles use the same format, but do allow only an offline configuration. As an alternative you may use the the setupfunctionfrom the NC menu window.

First of all you will need to login if you defined a password.Logging into the NC should show you a sequence like:

Being logged in, you can start configurating.The configuration syntax is identical to/usr/netstation/configs/ the setup files.Be aware that the behaviour within this command line interface isthe same as using the gui, i.e. when you set(you may omit this keyword)some parameter you need to apply it.Otherwise you will not see any effect.There is a /usr/netstation/configs/configd.docdocumentation file (- more precisely I would call it areference script -) delivered with the netstation software.(The links are configured for the RS/6000 installation.)

You probably want to start straight into the matter.So for learning it the hard way, I recommend some commands to start with:.

• help - shows you all possible commands with some really shortexplanation. Some commands concerning locking should be used with care.
• get groups - tells you which groups of configuration optionsare available. These are the subjects in the setup browser of the NCmenu. You may think of them as section headers. These group names arealso the first token in the name of theconfigurable items within it.
• get boot .. slow in answering and shows you how the bootparameters of the NC are currently set.
• get tftp - again some basic boot parameters. On my NCall are read only statistics
• get tcpip - most useful for reading some TCP statistics, lessuseful for changing the IP setup, i.e. name servers, local DNS cache, ARPconfiguration.
• get file - again slow response. A long list of parameters.Most of them are again self explaining. Be careful when changing the portparameters, since you might have problems to find them later on. Also someimportant boot parameters can befound here.
• get nfs - shows NFS configuration. You most likely will onlyneed it, if you use a memory PCMCIA card. Otherwise you will have littleto import or export.
• info - shows you NAME, ACCESS, and PROTECTION of agiven or all variables. Helpful, if you work with protect

6.3 Port 161/udp - SNMP Access

You need some network management software to work with it.Among the most famous commercial ones are (Tivoli) NetView and HPOpenView.They provide an easy-to-use user interfaces. For linux you usually usecmu-snmp for command line and TCL/TK-based scottyfor visual frontend. (I like command line and that's what I am going toexplain)

Some general statement

The network station is completely configurable as already noted.In allows examinations and alterations while being used.The changes take effect either immediately, at session startup,or at boot time (see configd.doc).All reads from the network station do not unveal the users displaycontents, and therefore the users' privacy is respected(if the application itself respects it as well).Only the configuration may be retrieved,but not the window contents (at least not this way).

How to configure network management ?

There is a file in ASN.1 called snmpmib.txt in the installation directory of the recent releases that allows yournetwork management console resolve the mib symbols.Otherwise you see dot-separated sequences of numbers only.So best is to append this file (comments start with doubleminus '--') to the mib.txt file of your SNMP software.You can use snmpwalk, snmpget, snmpset to browse and modify the symbolsyou have retrieved.

How to start managing?

Simplest way to start managing is to execute the commands

Sit back and think a little bit about it. It is easy to work with.

If you never had experience with SNMP commands you should read someSNMPdocumentation, take reference to configd.doc.For more details refer to SNMP-HowTos.

What do you manage?

It works nearly the same way as the telnet session to the configurationport,except that each command is transferred separately to the NC using UDP.The advantage is that you do not have to work interactively, you work withUDPinstead of TCP, which avoids retries to network stations that are down.you must have the privileges for being successful - 'public' is a goodcommunity for reading..

6.4 IBM Software Releases

IBM Has a special program for upgrades and documentation about the IBMNetststation releases. It includes CDs and printed documentation

It can be ordered freely from IBM from the following url service.boulder.ibm.com/nc/pcserver/cd_order.shtml.

(Thnx to Herman Bos (hermanb@xs4allnl) for this info)

6.5 NetworkStation Manager

The NetworkStation Manager is a piece of software running on the bootserver. It has a web interface and allows you to administrate all yourNetworkStations from a single point.You can define users and groups and provide a customised desktop for eachof them.

This is required if you don't use a windowmanager provided by Linux.It basically works by parsing and writing the configuration files. However, Linux is not a supported plattform of this software. So as a workaround you have to change the configuration files by hand or have anOS/390, an AIX or a Windows NT do the job for you. Please be aware, thatfor the personalisation in users and groups of your NetworkStationDesktop, you need the login daemon running on your boot server. Thisdaemon is not available on Linux. So personalisation has to be done bynaming the configuration files according to the user sittingat the Station.

There is an actual Redbook about the Network Station,

, IBM PubNumber SG24-5844-00.For the use with Linux it may be helpful for you to read IBM Network Station - RS/6000 Notebook, IBM PubNumber SG24-2016-01.It explains the use with the RS/600 AIX System (an interesting flavour ofUnix).

6.6 Configuration file statements

Here are some configuration file statements that I found useful:

set boot-prom-force-update = trueWith this setting, the Network Station will check for a new boot PROM (akaFirmware) and download it if available. Inet network scanner 2 7 0 7.

set xserver-access-control-enabled = falseWill allow all XClients to connect to the XServer running on that NetworkStation.

6.7 Printing

There is a Redbook about printing, 'IBM Network Station Printing Guide',IBMPubNumber SG24-5212-00. Redbooks can be found athttp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/

6.8 PCMCIA Memory Cards

ANeuper@antaris.de the author of this paraphrase.

I have tested memory cards manufactured by Centennial (IBMgives you a more complete list of memory cards that work with the NC).I recommend a minimum capacity of 20 MB.If you have less you will have less functionality on the card.Even 20MB is hardly sufficient. Once a NC is installedwith a memory card it can serve as peer booting host for other NCsin its network vicinity.

You need to connect to the file manager port 5996.Keep a eye on your access protections in your configuration files.If you use the memory card with the network station for the firsttime, you need to format it. You should mount it and export it. once you have exported it (showmount -e NC-IPaddr) youcan mount it to your boot server (mount NC-IPaddr:/local /mnt)and transfer the setup directory( cp -r /usr/netstation/* /mnt).Be careful not to forget some necessary files, particularily someX11 files are needed. The full directory will not fit on the card.Avoid erasing on the chip card, claiming the freed space isn't easyand wastes space.

For more detailed information you have place an PRPQ at IBM(whatever this means), contact some IBM representative or contact

6.9 Setup

It seems the 'user preferences' are stored in NVRAM, while 'quicksetup' and 'setup parameters' are read from the boot server (in NFS,/netstation/prodbase/configs/standard.nsm).

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6.10 Images

The screensaver and background reads XBM images, Linux/BSD/*nix users canuse XV to export to this format. The screensaver image shown will be inverted.

6.11 Time Sync

The units don't use NTP, instead inetd's built-in unix time(37/udp) support, I'd personally recommend using xinetd.

6.12 Test Network

This is User Sevices Console version of ping.

6.13 BIOS

Setting a global password will password-protect the 'BIOS' setup. According to Matthew Poertner

You can reset the NVRAM on the netstations (tested on 110 and 300 types) using thefollowing commands:

However if this doesn't work yet, you can always try to ..

If that still doesn't work I don't have a clue ;(

6.14 Features

Most units (8361-110 for sure) features not only support for X (as anXterminal) and NC (Windows NT Terminal Server) usage, it's built-inconsole also hassupport for serial (locally attached and dial-up using PPP/SLIP, alsotelnet connections.

7.1 The IBM Website

The IBM Website lots of documentation on the NC, mostof it can be found in PDF format.

The latest updates can be found at http://www.as4000.ibm.com/networkstation/rs6000/ including

• IBM Network Station Runtime Environment for RS/6000 Users's Guide
• IBM Network Station Runtime Environment for RS/6000 SystemAdministrator's Guide
• IBM Network Station Runtime Environment for RS/6000 SystemNavio NC Navigator Browser Guide

  Or from http://www.ibm.com/nc/pubs/

• IBM Network Station Setup and Use

7.2 Mailing Lists

There is a mailing list available called The NetVista thin Client LinuxForum it can be found onhttp://techconnect.ease.lsoft.com/archives/netvista_thin_client_forum/network.htm, the archives can also be found there.

7.3 Linux on the PPC40X

There are a lot of new resources online about Linux on the PPC40X. Here is a small list of them.http://www.borg.umn.edu/~grant/Linux/ it seems like some of the Netstations contain a 403GC[X] onthis page you can find a Linux kernel for that PPC. If anybody succeeds please contacte me !http://www.mvista.com/products/405gp_status/main.html Montavista Software is doinga nice job in porting the Linux kernel to the IBM PowerPC 405GP based Walnut System:

More recently we established a Wiki to discuss the development of Linux on the Netstation, you can find it on http://howto.ipng.be/NetstationWiki/The effort actually worked out and there is a totally new project on SourceForge where you can download therequired software to boot Linux on an IBM NC 1000. http://sourceforge.net/projects/networkstation/

• Q: Can you run a Linux kernel on the Netstation A: Depending on the type you have you can get linux running. Both 2200and 2800 models are running Linux out of the box. As of november 2002 we have a succesful boot of a linux kernel on an IBM Netstation 1000.I'm waiting forfeedback on the 110, 300 types. The 100 is not running linuxat the moment, it has no MMU so therefore the Linux port is a bit moredifficult.
• Q: Are there any mailing lists about the NetstationA: Take a look to the Other Usefull Documentation part in this howto .
• Q: I have a 2200 or a 2800 and the instructions in your HOWTO don'twork QM The 2200 and 2800 are not based on the PPC architecture anymore ,they have a more frequently used chipset which is supported by Linux andthese things run Linux natively.
• Q: I have no AIX available how can I unpack the kernel A: There is anew section in the howto that describes how to use another way to dothis.
• Q: I get an Invalid Kernel Type while trying to bootthe NC.A: You didn't run the agree script on your aix machine.
• Q: I log in at the remote host and my keyboard settingsare incorrect.A: I use no /.Xmodap when working on the NC. This keeps mykeyboardsettings perfect.

Lots of thanks must go out to Wouter Cloetens,wcloeten@raleigh.ibm.comfor getting me started , additional info from Boas Betzler, Andreas Neuperand Herman Bos. Thanks for updates in v1.00 must go to Matt Peterson andKen Collins and Philip Tait for the setup usinga Win98 machine instead of an AIX box. Josef Hill for the automatic configuration description. Niels H Sondergaard , John Kaiser and Joern Allmers also belong to the crowd of smart people that mailed me with extra info for the HOWTO

and to Bart Geens ,Bart.Geens@advalvas.be for rereading this howto andfindin uot lost of splelling errosr

Also thanks to all the different people that wrote me with hints and helpalthough I might have forgotten to include some of their comments, if youthink your part is missing, please mail me ;-)

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• v0.98p14 19980222 First Release
• v0.99p15 19990501 Some fixes
• v0.99p16 19991004 Major updates including feedback from Boas Betzler, Andreas Neuper and Herman Bos
• v0.99p18 19991226 Updates after feedback from readers.
• v1.00 20000624 Updates but now also a sollution without AIX,this might be a good time for 1.0 ;-) It Also seems like the howto is notlisted under mini anymore
• v1.01 20001103 Updates for the not using AIX sollution (PhilipTait)
• v1.02 20010813 Lost bios passwords by Matthew Poertner
• v1.12 20011023 Lots of modifications , Client Auto configuration by Josef Hill
• v1.13 20011207 License Change
• v1.15 20020107 NC 1000 booting Linux