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Accessing NFS Filesystems

In Windows 3.x, you can access NFS from the File Manager or by double-clicking the NFS Assistant icon in the Cisco Suite 100 program group. When you use NFS, you first identify the remote computer and the mount point you want to copy files from, the drive letter for the connection, and then you log into the computer. Once you are connected, the NFS file system appears like any other drive on your workstation.

To map a drive to an NFS server directory:

  1. Open the Connections tab in the NFS Assistant window.

    The NFS Servers list identifies all NFS servers you have identified in the Servers tab.

    The Current Connections list identifies all drives mapped on your workstation. Drives mapped to NFS directories appear in boldface type; all other drives are grayed.

  2. In the NFS Servers list, double-click the desired NFS server name.

    The terminal icon expands to show the directories available on this server.

  3. Select the desired directory.

    The selected directory appears in the Path field. To specify a more unique path, add the desired information to the Path field. If desired, you can use either UNIX, OpenVMS, or DOS naming conventions when specifying the path. Click the arrow to the right of the Path field to list the most recently used paths. You can also use the Path field to send commands to the NFS server. Refer to the online help for more information.

  4. From the Available Drives drop-down list, choose the drive you want to map to the NFS directory. NFS Assistant displays the next available drive by default.
  5. Click Connect or double-click the desired directory.

    The Cisco TCP/IP Suite for Windows NFS Connect dialog box appears.

  6. Enter your user name for the NFS server in the User Name field.
  7. Enter your password for the NFS server in the Password field.
  8. If a system other than the NFS server verifies your password, enter the name or IP address of that host in the Authentication Server field.

    Note

    You must specify an authentication server if the NFS server is a workstation or another host that does not maintain user names and passwords.

  9. To map the drive automatically whenever Windows starts, check the Reconnect at Startup check box.
  10. To store your password for subsequent connections, check the Save Password check box. If you clear this check box, NFS Assistant prompts you for your password whenever it attempts to connect to this directory.
  11. To indicate that the NFS Assistant should attempt to speed the retrieval of information from the NFS server by anticipating the next request, check the Enable Fast Read check box. To indicate that the NFS Assistant should not attempt to anticipate the next request for information, clear the Enable Fast Read check box.

If desired, you can now configure options for this connection. The following section explains how to configure connection options.



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