Thanks so much to all listed below for their precious info's.  
We don't have Windows NT at the moment but we are planning to test it soon. 
Aline...  
Original post:
>
> Dear Managers,
>
> If you are using Windows NT, would you please let me know how is the
> networking performance between Sun and Windows NT.  Can we do nfs, rlogin,
> telnet between the two?  Any input is very appreciated.
>
> Aline...
>
> PS. Is there any Windows NT mail list out there?
>
>From Bob Izenberg - bobi@vswr.sps.mot.com
We found a PD nfs out there that was unreliable.  We've given up on that, so
we use ftp to transfer files from the real world to the wind-up world.  :-)
I'm waiting for either Sun's PC-NFS for NT (in beta, but we don't have it yet)
or ftp Software's PC-FTP (same situation as PC-NFS.)
                                                                                
>From  Steffen Reithermann - reitherm@informatik.uni-kl.de
at least the "March 1993 beta version of Windows NT" includes
only a telnet client and a ftp client program.
There are no telnet/ftp servers bundled currently.
NFS client and server programs will be a commercial package,
as far as I know.
>From Jon Mellott - jon@alpha.ee.ufl.edu
Networking performance is fine -- but there is no NFS client software for NT.
I found a PD NFS server for NT (Soss NT) and built it. It seems to work
OK, but there doesn't seem to be a way to get the server software to
deal with permissions.
NT does come with telnet (client) and ftp (client and server). These seem
to work fine.
The primary performance bottleneck for networking in NT on PC based hardware
is the performance of the card. Some PC interface cards are really slow.
                                                                           
>From Jose A. Fernandez - jaf@inference.com
Using NT "straight from Microsoft's CD-ROM," I can do "ftp," "rcp,"
"rsh", and "telnet" from an NT machine to a Sun.  There is no NFS
support.  The NT machine can act as an FTP server if you
install/configure the FTP server software.
                                                                                
>From M. Seeger see@uebemc.siemens.de
it might not be exactly what you want, because i didn't use NT with Suns, but
with Dec-ultrix, but nethertheless it could be helpfull.
I played with NT for about a week in June, at Dec (they have a cooperation with
microsoft and had we actual versions of NT) so my knowledge is of this time.
You can do telnet and rlogins to unix-machines, or any other machine
knowing telnet. Problem is, you can't do telnet from a unix-machine to the NT-ma
chine.
Where is now server-daemon.
NFS will be available by third party-vendors (tcp-based).
If you have the so called advanced server (in june only a beta release was avail
able),
you are abel to share files between NT-machines.
Performance of NT is not so good, at least on a 486-DX 66 on an alpha-PC perform
ance
is similar to what you get running a normal 486 with dos and windows :-)
                                                                                
>From  Bill Shorter - bill@aloft.att.com
Windows NT offers TCP/IP services to the person logged
in at the PC's Console ONLY.  The console user can telnet
out to remote hosts, as well as ftp out.  Remote Sun
users cannot telnet/ftp into the NT PC.  Also, there
is no NFS on generic NT.
It is left to third parties, who make lotsa dollars
doing this, to write and market bi-directional TCP/IP
based software, as well as NFS.
On the other hand, Solars 2.1 for x86 running on the
same PC (in my case a 66MHz 486) offers all SunOS
capabilities.  AND it performs about as well as my
SPARCstation-2 running Solaris 2.1
>From Paul Begley - peb@scdipc0.ueci.com
Aline H. Runde -
> If you are using Windows NT, would you please let me know how is the
> networking performance between Sun and Windows NT.  Can we do nfs, rlogin,
> telnet between the two?  Any input is very appreciated.
I have just returned from a field assignment in Ireland and am getting up
to speed with NT (read: installing it this week).
> PS. Is there any Windows NT mail list out there?
I am not aware of one, although there is a windows/NT news group.  If
you find an NT mailing list, let me know.  We don't have News running,
but I am trying to justify the disk space (again - it 'died' in my
absence) to the powers that be at our site.
                                                                                
I have the following index from ftp.cica.indiana.edu:
**
**  Index of Windows NT Files in ~ftp/pub/pc/win3/nt
**  at ftp.cica.indiana.edu [129.79.20.17]
**
**  Last Updated: Thu Aug 19 16:46:26 1993
**
2000nt39.zip    930406  Always IN2000 SCSI Driver for NT
anagnt.zip      921215  Anagram finder for Windows NT
atib2.zip       930420  ATI Drivers (3/26/93) for Windows NT
appcmp.zip      930301  Application Compatibility Guide for Chicago
bg.c            930219  Util to put an NT program in the background
bog_nt.zip      930317  Boggle Game for MS Windows NT, October Beta or later
caplib.zip      921215  Microsoft Windows NT Call Profiler
ccd150.zip      930714  NT App to Quickly Change Subdirectories
concol10.zip    930205  Set Color of your Console in Windows NT
cordine.zip     930419  Windows NT freeware button accordion 
cxxp4w.zip      930315  C++ Programming for Windows Oct NT
ddklic.zip      930301  License agreement for the DDK
dtc3290.zip     930224  Jan93 drivers for the DTC3290 controller for NT
dyndlg.zip      921215  Sample to show how to create Win32 dialogs
ee16nt.exe      921220  Intel EtherExpress(tm) 16 family - Beta NDIS drvr
elink3nt.zip    930716  NT driver for 3Com Etherlink III (3C509) adapter
embh_n.zip      930301  Embedded animated Help-Objects for *.HLP files
fioben.zip      930301  File I/O Benchmark
flag2.zip       921215  Flagger - A batch porting tool for Oct 92 Beta
fm_ext.zip      921215  DLL for File Manager Extensions for Oct 92 Beta
frac_nt.zip     930317  FracView for MS Windows NT, October Beta or later
gnurcs.zip      921215  Revision Control System for NT
grep16.zip      930301  Gnu grep and egrep 1.6 (src+MIPS-EXE)
hang_nt.zip     930317  Hangman for MS Windows NT, October Beta or later
help.zip        921215  Convert OS/2 IPF files to Windows RTF
holep.zip       921215  HOLEPORT porting tool
ibison.zip      930219  NT GNU Bison for i386+ processors (Feb 1993 build)
ibmsyn.zip      930301  IBM Multiprotocol Adapter Driver SRC
icompres.zip    930219  NT GNU Compress for i386+ processors (Feb 1993 build)
idiff.zip       930219  NT GNU Diff for i386+ processors (Feb 1993 build)
iflex.zip       930219  NT GNU Flex for i386+ processors (Feb 1993 build)
iftpd.exe       930503  03May93 Ver FTP-Daemon for NT (runs as a service) 80x86
igrep.zip       930219  NT GNU grep/egrep for i386+ processors (Feb 1993 build)
ised.zip        930219  NT GNU Sed for i386+ processors (Feb 1993 build)
iunzip.exe      930219  NT Unzip for i386+ processors (Feb 1993 build)
izip.zip        930219  NT Zip for i386+ processors (Feb 1993 build)
kbuser.txt      930301  How to use the MS Knowledge Base on CI$
klotz4nt.zip    921210  KLOTZ version 3.01 for the NT operating system
kmglos.zip      930205  Replacement Tables of Contents/Glossary for NT Beta
lmousent.exe    930224  Logitech Windows NT mouse drivers
lpr10.zip       921215  lpr, lpq, lprm - TCP/IP printing to remote hosts
ls_nt10.zip     930809  ls - unix DIR command for windows NT
m93nt1.zip      930321  ATI MACH8/MACH32 MARCH 93 BETA Windows NT Drivers
mar93hcl.zip    930319  Hardware compatibilty list for March beta of Windows NT
makfon.zip      921215  Oct 92 Beta version of the source to make a FON file
mapmem.zip      930301  Device Driver to map physical Memory
mbison.zip      930219  NT GNU Bison for MIPS R4000 processors (Feb 1993 build)
mdiff.zip       930219  NT GNU Diff for MIPS R4000 processors (Feb 1993 build)
mdipad.zip      930301  MDI Template
medit1.zip      930205  Programmer's Editor w/multiple windows for NT
melt.zip        921215  Melt Screen Saver module for NT Oct 92 beta
mewn1m.zip      920402  MicroEMACS for Mar93 NT exe
mews1m.zip      920402  MicroEMACS for Mar93 NT src changes for 1.1a
mftpd.exe       930503  03May93 Ver FTP-Daemon for NT (runs as a service) R4000
mypal.zip       930301  Updated Example from the October SDK
mflex.zip       930219  NT GNU Flex for MIPS R4000 processors (Feb 1993 build)
mgawk.zip       930219  NT GNU Awk for MIPS R4000 processors (Feb 1993 build)
mgrep.zip       930219  NT GNU Grep/Egrep for MIPS R4000  (Feb 1993 build)
mipbez2.zip     921215  October beta WINBEZ demo program for MIPS platform
mjb_nt.zip      930317  MIDI JukeBox for MS Windows NT, October Beta or later
mrcs.zip        930219  NT GNU RCS for MIPS R4000 processors (Feb 1993 build)
mpegnt.zip      930315  Port of Berkeley Public Domain MPEG player for NT
mpegw32.zip     930401  MPEG player for WIN32 and WIN32s
msed.zip        930219  NT GNU Sed for MIPS R4000 processors (Feb 1993 build)
msg1.zip        921215  Messages from Week 1 of the MSWIN32 forum on CompuServe
msg2.zip        921215  Messages from Week 2 of the MSWIN32 forum on CompuServe
msg3.zip        921215  Messages from Week 3 of the MSWIN32 forum on CompuServe
munzip.exe      930219  NT Unzip for MIPS R4000 processors (Feb 1993 build)
mzip.zip        930219  NT Zip/Unzip for MIPS R4000 processors (Feb 1993 build)
mxxnt8.zip      930218  ATI's NT drivers for 8514/Ultra, Ultra+, Ultra Pro,etc
newmk.zip       921215  Build environment.  New make file for shrmem
notent2.zip     921215  A Windows New Technology Text Editor for Huge Files
nt-130.exe      921215  Trantor NT drivers for T130 SCSI adapter,etc.
nt_13.lzh       921215  comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 news (Oct 3-10)
nt_14.lzh       921215  comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 news (Oct 10-17)
nt_intro.zip    930319  Intro to NT (DOS program)
ntcgrp.zip      921215  Customize DLL for controlling NT Dialog Editor
ntctst.zip      920828  Microsoft NT Shareware Contest Rules/Announcements
ntdrag.zip      921215  Drag 'n' Drop and EXETYPE Utilities for NT
ntls.zip        930306  ls - Windows NT directory listing utility
ntsh01.zip      930301  Korn-like-Shell for NT
ntspin.zip      921215  Spin control for NT Dialog Editor
ntutil.zip      921215  Clysmic Drag 'N' Drop Utilities for NT
ntxsta.zip      921215  XStatic control for NT Dialog Editor
nwnt.zip        930218  Newer NetWare Client for NT: Pre-release                
perf.mak        921215  Nmake macros for building Windows 32-Bit apps
pshdr.zip       930205  Replacement psheader.ps missing from Oct Beta
psview.zip      921215  Win32 PostScript Viewer
pterm03b.zip    930712  Multithreaded Terminal Emulator w/Zmodem
pzl8_nt.zip     930317  Puzzle-8 for MS Windows NT, October Beta or later
qvtwnt38.zip    930818  Beta release of WinQVT/Net for Windows NT
queue.zip       921215  DosQueue functions of OS/2 ported to NT
rcalc_nt.zip    930317  Talking RPN Calculator for MS Windows NT, Oct Beta
regmps.zip      921215  Utility (for MIPS platform) to Capture Sysinfo
regx86.zip      921215  Utility (for x86 platform) to Capture Sysinfo
resc.zip        921215  Updates to the tools in ResConv and Annotate
resdll.zip      921215  Oct Beta Ver of samples\resdll files
resfmt.zip      921215  Win32 Binary resource formats
servic.zip      930301  Simple Service Example for NT
setsbvol.zip    930317  Sets the volume of your sound card (w/src) for NT
sossnt.zip      930306  A port of the SOSS NFS server program to NT
spice41.zip     930218  Nutmeg32 & Spice32 for NT/Win3.1/Win32s subsystem
spice42.zip     930218  Nutmeg32 & Spice32 for NT/Win3.1/Win32s subsystem
spice43.zip     930218  Nutmeg32 & Spice32 for NT/Win3.1/Win32s subsystem
spooks.zip      921215  Spooks Screen Saver module for NT Oct Beta
sw_nt.zip       930317  Stopwatch for MS Windows NT, October Beta or later
tclk_nt.zip     930317  Talking Clock for MS Windows NT, October Beta or later
tmtn14.zip      930301  Time and Money-Tracker
tools.zip       930313  Available NT Development Tools in Excel and Word Format
tr32-2.zip      921215  Trash Manager for NT Help Contents
tty32.zip       921215  TTY Sample allowing TELNET connections
uniput.zip      921215  Input Unicode characters with the mouse
uupc11xd.zip    930727  UUPC/extended 1.11x documents and sample files
uupc11ya.zip    930727  UUPC/extended 1.11y Win/NT executables (1 of 3)
uupc11yb.zip    930727  UUPC/extended 1.11y Win/NT executables (2 of 3)
uupc11yc.zip    930727  UUPC/extended 1.11y Win/NT executables (3 of 3)
uupc11ys.zip    930727  UUPC/extended 1.11y Win/NT source (1 of 2)
uupc11yt.zip    930727  UUPC/extended 1.11y Win/NT source (2 of 2)
view11.zip      921215  PostScript TEXT viewer - NT version: Beta October 92
vmail103.zip    930727  VanceMail: SMTP Send mail agent for NT
w31_32.zip      921215  While You Were Out Msg System for NT
wavout.exe      930205  Wave Output Controller for NT   
week15.zip      921215  Messages from Week 15 of the WINNT forum on CompuServe
week16.zip      921215  Messages from Week 16 of the WINNT forum on CompuServe
week17.zip      921215  Messages from Week 17 of the WINNT forum on CompuServe
winbez2.zip     921215  October beta of WINBEZ demo program for x86 platform
winf01.zip      930313  Available NT Development Tools in OS/2 .INF Format
winner.zip      921215  NT Programming Environment
winnt.txt       930205  Contents of WINNT forum libraries on CIS (31 Jan 93)
wnt001.zip      921215  NT, Beta October 1992 - Boot Workaround
wnt003.zip      930205  Fixes for HP Deskjet printing with NT
wnt004.zip      930205  Fixes bug with Floppy based install of NT
wnt005.zip      930301  Fixes the problem with Cirrus Video Cards
wmodnt10.zip    921027  MOD-Player for Windows/NT
winntnet.zip    930215  Win-NT-Net File Distribution Network Info
wvnnt75a.zip    930210  NNTP Newsreader for NT Version 0.75a
wvnsrc75.zip    930210  NNTP Newsreader for NT Version 0.75a Source
wywo32.zip      930301  While you were out NT Version
xmpl.zip        921215  Holeport OS/2 to Nt porting example
xvi.exe         930215  Port of xvi for NT (exe)
xvidiff.zip     930215  Port of xvi for NT (src diffs)
xvisrc.zip      930215  port of xvi for NT (src)
                                                                                
>From  Jim Dempsey - jjd@bbn.com
You will be able to do telnet and ftp from NT to Sun.
There is no NFS server that I know of at this time for NT.
Sun is evidently working on an NFS client for PC/NFS for NT, but it
isn't currently available.
You can't telnet from Sun to NT and I suspect you can't ftp either.
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