"I don't recall if ftp servers can be mapped
     as network drives yet.. "

Isn't this what SAMBA was for - allowing remote UNIX, etc,
drives/systems to be 'mounted'/accessed under windows?

... conceivably with *no* difference whether the remote system
is on the same LAN - or miles away accessed via TCP/IP on the
internet (besides the obvious security issue)?


From: http://us1.samba.org/samba/about.html

"The very short answer is that it is the protocol by which a lot of
 PC-related machines share files and printers and other informatiuon
 such as lists of available files and printers. Operating systems that
 support this natively include Windows NT, OS/2, and Linux and add on
 packages that achieve the same thing are available for DOS, Windows,
 VMS, Unix of all kinds, MVS, and more. Apple Macs and some Web Browsers
 can speak this protocol as well.  Alternatives to SMB include
 Netware, NFS, Appletalk, Banyan Vines, Decnet etc; many of these have
 advantages but none are both public specifications and widely
 implemented in desktop machines by default.

 The Common Internet Filesystem (CIFS) is what the new SMB initiative
 is called. For details watch http://samba.org/cifs."


WHAT CAN SAMBA DO?
                                 ==================
Here is a very short list of what samba includes, and what it does. For
many networks this can be simply summarised by "Samba provides a complete
replacement for Windows NT, Warp, NFS or Netware servers."

- a SMB server, to provide Windows NT and LAN Manager-style file and print
services to SMB clients such as Windows 95, Warp Server, smbfs and others.

- a NetBIOS (rfc1001/1002) nameserver, which amongst other things gives
browsing support. Samba can be the master browser on your LAN if you wish.

- a ftp-like SMB client so you can access PC resources (disks and
printers) from unix, Netware and other operating systems


Jim



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Baker" <jon@HAYSEED.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: [PIC]: PIC serial chipdrive


> I don't recall if ftp servers can be mapped as network drives yet.. I know
> explorer has nice ftp features built in now- so what about writing a much
> cut down ppp implementation and basic ftp server to server files from the
> memory? Sounds easy doesn't it :-) Your pic makes a ppp connection to your
> PC. It can be done!
>
> .. but don't ask me to do it :-)
>
> --
> Jon Baker
>

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