Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 22:51:56 -0500 From: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD instead of Novell Netware? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20021003224430.052ad6b0@us-webmasters.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210031715410.12116-100000@wonkity.com> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20021003132638.04e1d340@us-webmasters.com>
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Hi Warren, At 18:27 10/3/2002, Warren Block wrote: >On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, W. D. wrote: > >> I was planning to put together a 10 user Novell Netware network. Is it >> possible to substitute a FreeBSD server instead? > >Might be... see /usr/ports/net/mars_nwe. Hmmm. http://www.Google.com/search?q=3Dmars_nwe+freebsd >=20 >> What would be the differences? > >>From the client side, it may look the same. From the >server/administrator side, it'd look very different. You would be >limited in what Novell software you could use. This is not necessarily >a bad thing. Most of the FreeBSD services are, IMO, better than >Novell's offerings, and the OS itself is more robust. But it could be a >hassle to support. > >For a business, I wouldn't do it that way. I would likely use Samba >or even NFS instead. =20 Would Samba sit on top of FreeBSD? NFS?=20 >It depends on what you need it to do. Mainly provide file sharing and print services What else can these 2 do? Thanks, W. D. > >-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA Start Here to Find It Fast!=A9 -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-pa= ge/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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