<html> <head> <title>Free TFTP / Syslog / NFS Servers for Windows</title> </head> <body> <h3 align="center">Free TFTP / Syslog / NFS Servers for Windows</h3> <div align="center"><center> <address> Stefan Furtmayr (<a href="mailto:sf@paf.net">sf@paf.net</a>) </address> </center></div> <p>Feel free to send me your comments about these programs or some additions.</p> <p>Also have a look at the <a href="http://www.ltsp.org/contrib/diskless-windows-howto.htm">"Diskless Windows Cookbook "</a> in the <a href="http://www.ltsp.org/contrib/">LTSP Contrib Area</a>.</p> <p><small>From this list I have only used the W2K-TFTP once for a customer with the <a href="http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/mba.htm">3Com MBA Utility Disk</a>, while it can be used as well with <a href="http://etherboot.sourceforge.net">Etherboot</a> tagged images for other NIC brands.</small><br> <small>The solution used a netbooted DOS with MS Client 3.0 to easily restore disk images with <a href="http://www.ghost.com/">Symantec Ghost</a> (see <a href="http://appdeploy.com/tools/imaging.shtml">appdeploy.com</a> for similar tools).</small><br> <small>Sure there are several possibilities to do this with Linux but for cloning NT4/W2K the NTFS support is rather experimental and automatically changing the SID is another issue.</small></p> <h4>TFTP Servers:</h4> <p>In Autumn 2000 i tested some different TFTP servers and found out that most of them do not install/run as a service, especially under W2K. <ul> <li>TFTP server included with Windows 2000 (remote installation services need to be installed)<br> The path for the images has to be specified via registry:<br> Q232115 - Changing the Drive or Volume on Which Remote Installation Images Reside:<br> <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q232/1/15.ASP">http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q232/1/15.ASP</a></li> <li>3CDaemon version 2.0 revision 10. Freeware. Integrated TFTP/FTP/Syslog Daemon for Windows 95/98/NT<br> <a href="ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/utilbin/win32/3cdv2r10.zip">ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/utilbin/win32/3cdv2r10.zip</a><br> - Windows 2000 Server: does not run as service!<br> - Windows NT Server 4.0: not tested</li> <li>The TFTP Server portion of 3CServer, altered to run as a system Service under Windows NT<br> <a href="ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/utilbin/win32/3CTftpSvc.zip">ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/utilbin/win32/3CTftpSvc.zip</a><br> - Windows 2000 Server: only working in debug mode, does not run as service!<br> - Windows NT Server 4.0: not tested</li> <li>Cisco TFTP Server v.1.1<br> <a href="http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/tftp">http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/tftp</a><br> Does not provide an option itself to install as service.</li> <li><a href="http://solarwinds.net/Tools/Free_Tools/TFTP_Server/">http://solarwinds.net/Tools/Free_Tools/TFTP_Server/</a><br> Does not provide an option itself to install as service.</li> </ul> <p><em>Untested:</em></p> <p>found on <a href="http://www.nonags.com/nonags/servd32.html">http://www.nonags.com/nonags/servd32.html</a><br> - <a href="http://www.klever.net/kin/pumpkin.html">http://www.klever.net/kin/pumpkin.html</a><br> - <a href="http://membres.tripod.fr/phjounin//P_tftpd32.htm">http://membres.tripod.fr/phjounin//P_tftpd32.htm</a></p> <h4>Syslog Servers:</h4> <ul> <li>3Com Software Library - Utilities for 32 bit Windows<br> <a href="http://support.3com.com/software/utilities_for_windows_32_bit.htm">http://support.3com.com/software/utilities_for_windows_32_bit.htm</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.netal.com/download.htm#SL4NT03">http://www.netal.com/download.htm#SL4NT03</a> (works as service) </li> </ul> <h4>NFS Servers:</h4> <ul> <li>War NFS Daemon: <a href="http://www.jgaa.com">http://www.jgaa.com</a> (untested)</li> </ul> </body> </html>