Inca Technology, Inc.

Robert E Lister

William Michael Pitts

Joel R Rigler

Walter August Wallach

Generally a computer network includes a file server (22), a network (26), and several client workstations (24). Specific network software provides a name server ('NS') (122) to resolve network-name requests. The computer network can also include a proxy for a network service, e.g. a network infrastructure cache (72) that stores files copied from the server (22). Automatic network-name-services configuration adds to this:

Automatically configuring network-name-services

A network-infrastructure cache ('NI Cache') transparently provides proxy file services to a plurality of client workstations concurrently requesting access to file data stored on a server. The NI Cache includes a network interface that connects to a digital computer network. A file-request service-module of the NI Cache receives and responds to network-file-services-protocol requests from workstations through the network interface. A cache, also included in the NI Cache, stores data that is transmitted back to the workstations. A file-request generation-module, also included in the NI Cache, transmits requests for data to the server, and receives responses from the server that include data missing from the cache.

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Robert E Lister