[iyonix-support] Re: Networking problem

On Mon 19 Jan, Tim Hill wrote:
> 
> In article <57011f2050.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Martin Wuerthner
> <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In message <6337E082-338E-40D0-A4AF-FEDB5A6F40C4@xxxxxxxxxx> Peter Burt
> >           <asg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> > > On 19 Jan 2009, at 12:48, John Leeming wrote:
> 
> > >> For many years I have been successfully networking, using Omniclient
> > >> and an Ethernet router, between my Iyonix and a PC running Windows
> > >> XP. Suddenly I am unable to copy files from the Iyonix to the PC.
> 
> > > Exactly the same has just happened here, maybe a windows update has
> > >     broken something? moving files across using memory stick is a
> > >     pain.
> 
> > Yes, there have been several reports that there was an XP security
> > update a few days ago that stops LanManFS (as used by OmniClient by
> > default) from working with XP machines. Either rolling back that XP
> > update or using LanMan98 version 2.0 (commercial software) instead of
> > LanManFS should fix this problem.
> 
> Or don't pay anything (!) and install Truegrid NFS on XP and Sunfish on
> RISC OS. Drobe has a 'how to'. Since the "WindowsXP can't handle a file
> bigger than 1KB" problem arose here, Sunfish has been exhibiting some
> features far preferred to LanMan (e.g. it doesn't have the 'fixed'
> display/sort by characteristics - a bug? - and it doesn't seem to assume
> I am using windoze as a server** and alter filenames without asking my
> permission! Or is that all fixed in LanMan98? Ninety-eight. Blimey. That
> name has a long shelf-life.)

AIUI the 98 is not referring to Windows98 compatibility but the protocol it
uses which is referred to with a 98 monika.

> ** Before a snit pops his head in and points out that technically I am
> using XP as a server, I was referring LanMan's classroom expectation that
> RISC OS files and applications will be stored in a big window box. Nah. I
> don't do that, I use the LAN simply to exchange compatible files and
> programs. I guess I could just as easily be running Moonfish on RISC OS
> and an NFS client on XP.
> 


Chris Evans

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