From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Aug 24 08:28:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA10311 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 08:28:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA10300 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 08:28:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from etinc.com (etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with SMTP id IAA22513 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 08:28:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ppp-089.etinc.com (ppp-089.etinc.com [204.141.95.148]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA07563; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 11:31:33 -0400 Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 11:31:33 -0400 Message-Id: <199608241531.LAA07563@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Tony Tam From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) Subject: Re: Novell Netware Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >Hackers, > > Could anybody tell me what are the advantages of a Novell Netware >Network? Since Windows 95 comes with TCP/IP stack, file, and printer >sharing capabilities, why would a network need a Novell Netware server? >Moreover, FreeBSD supports samba, why would a network need a Novell >Netware server? The big issue is that Joe CNE doesn't know TCP/IP well enough to build a complex IP network, and that NOVELL file servers are WAY faster than NFS (please lets not war over this) or LAN Manager. Netware is practically bullet proof, certainly much more than any existing unix.TCP/IP in Windows ain't that great either...and IPX is certainly easier to configure (no addresses, netmasks, gateways...nuttin'). > > Is there any technical advantages which IPX over TCP/IP? > >-- not specifically IPX over TCP/IP..but as I said the application level implementations are the determining factor. While IP has slightly more overhead than IPX (assuming burst SPX), the IPX vs IP factor is not significant in making a decision. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX