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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Subject: Re: SAMBA and NETWARE mounting
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 22:49:10 GMT
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rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen) wrote:
] >IPX routing is via SAP advertising.
]
] No, routing is done via RIP or NLSP. RIP has problems, but NLSP should
] be much better.
] My point is that these mechanisms are not part of IPX, but are the
] routing protocols that are run in addition.
Sorry, "name resoloution", not "routing" for this particular gripe.
And I defy you to get link-state routing on anything other than
Novell servers. Plus it costs extra. Plus you have to run both
unless you put it everywhere.
] I agree there are problems with IPX and the protocols on top of it, but
] so are there with IP. For example, the severely limited address space.
] NFS is not very efficient, and very insecure.
Lack of universality of IP is not one of it's problems. If you want
to talk to the internet, you talk IP or you don't talk.
] Seeing only the disadvantages of IPX and the advantages of IP seems to
] be very popular.
If we start arguing about "good" and "bad" protocols, I'm going to
start backing DECNet, despite it refusing to follow the ethernet
standards regarding packet length.
The MAIN advantage of IP is universality.
The MAIN advantage of IPX is "well, we already bought into it".
] I have done investigation for selection of routers to be used between
] branch offices (over slow leased lines and ISDN) and I agree IPX and NCP
] are not optimal. But tests with IP and NFS in the same environment did
] not come out any better.
Leased line and ISDN traffic, being point-to-point, aren't well
suited to protocols which care about routing anyway.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.