From:	MERC::"uunet!CRVAX.SRI.COM!RELAY-INFO-VAX"  6-MAY-1992 20:47:30.71
To:	info-vax@kl.sri.com
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Subj:	DECUS SIG Tape Review (L&T: NETMONS through WAIS)

[LT91B.NETMONS]

Ease of installation:	4
Documentation:		4
Ease of use:		3
Usefulness:		5

Intended audience:	Network Managers
Sources included:	No
Objects included:	No

These programs, submitted by the Technical University of Delft (in the
Netherlands), allow a PC to perform Ethernet monitoring and data capturing.
Also included are some Unix utilities, including an enhanced ftpd to provide
additional monitoring information.

While the programs didn't work on my system, I was able to determine that they
had a very nice interface and would work well on a system which is more
properly set up for network monitoring.  The programs appear to support the
Western Digital Ethernet card, but may support others.



[LT91B.UNIXMISC]

Ease of installation:	Varies
Documentation:		4
Ease of use:		Varies
Usefulness:		Pretty good stuff

Intended audience:	System Managers / Programmers
Sources included:	Yes (see description)
Objects included:	No

This is a collection of various programs for Unix systems.  Included is an
archive of the Usenet newsgroup `alt.sources' which contains a plethora of
miscellaneous programs for Unix (mostly SYSV stuff), the "freely distributable
parts" of BSD Unix from the Reno release, and the Postgres relational
multi-user DBMS.

A nice collection of Unix utilities and such for the Unix programmer.  If
you're building your own small Unix system, many of these programs will be very
useful for you.  General information is provided for each subdirectory giving
an overview of what is contained within the compressed TAR files making perusal
of these directories pretty easy.



[LT91B.WAIS]

Ease of installation:	2
Documentation:		2
Ease of use:		4
Usefulness:		5

Intended audience:	Users
Sources included:	Yes
Objects included:	No

This submission includes the software necessary to act as a server or a client
as part of the WAIS systems (Wide Area Information Servers).  Software is
included for Unix, VMS, NeXT, and Macintosh computers.

Hallelujah!  It took a bit of work to get everything running since not much
documentation is provided for how to build the kits (the example procedures for
MAKE (and BUILD.COM) are for Wollongong and don't map perfectly to TGV's
MultiNet) nor where to connect once you have the software running.  Once I did
get connected though, I was in awe at the number of databases that are out
there!  I can't wait to work with this package some more.