Return to BSD News archive
Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.development:23153 comp.os.386bsd.development:3120
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.386bsd.development
Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!koriel!cs.utexas.edu!news.cs.utah.edu!news.provo.novell.com!park.uvsc.edu!news
From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Subject: Re: SAMBA and NETWARE mounting
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 18:09:15 GMT
Message-ID: <D3A7rG.1Jt@park.uvsc.edu>
X-Nntp-Posting-Host: hecate.artisoft.com
References: <3eo2j1$l5o@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> <D267uw.Grq@park.uvsc.edu> <D2JnoD.1DD@pe1chl.ampr.org> <D2KG6E.CMp@park.uvsc.edu> <D2LH48.3IF@pe1chl.ampr.org> <BLYMN.95Jan30165530@mallee.awadi.com.au> <D38pq0.7Jq@pe1chl.ampr.org>
Sender: news@park.uvsc.edu (System Account)
Lines: 39
rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen) wrote:
] In <BLYMN.95Jan30165530@mallee.awadi.com.au> blymn@awadi.com.au (Brett Lymn) writes:
] >I don't think that the routability is the problem. From what I
] >understand Novell tries to discover network services rather than
] >using "well known" port numbers which means that you have a lot of
] >network traffic that is going around just maintaining the list of
] >services available. This can cause real problems over a WAN where
] >your inter-site bandwidth may be limited.
]
] Clever routers avoid that problem by using a different protocol between
] the routers. NLSP is the next generation protocol that does the same,
] and Netware 4.x avoids this problem.
]
] IP networks running RIP have the same difficulty. Yet, this is not considered
] a problem as alternatives are available in case your network is large and
] suffers from it. Same with IPX.
Link state routing is a product of the San Jose group.
As far as I know, it is not available from, say, Cisco systems, and
is nowhere in wide use. It is not (or was not) being used on Novell
internal networks the last time I cared to check about such things.
Much as Novell would like to charge Cisco license fees to make
Novell networks operate more efficiently.
NSLP will not succeed until it costs nothing relative to SAP --
that is, until it comes with NetWare servers and is configured
to be used by default.
Your referencing NLSP after attempting to discredit the much more
widely use NetWare/IP is not logical.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
---
Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.