--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: DCQ00011 Date: 08/18/96 From: ANDREW HERRMANN Time: 06:23pm \/To: ALL (Read 7 times) Subj: WIN NT.. Now that Win NT 4.0 is out, I'm considering switching over to it-- I'm currently running Win 95 w/Lantastic for Win 95 on my server, my clients run Lantastic 6.0. The network performance is pathetic. I assume that NT has a DOS lan requester of some sort that I can use on my DOS workstations? Assuming that I'm correct, is this included with the NT 4.0 workstation software, available for separate purchase, or available on Microsoft's FTP site? Thanks Andy --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Midnight Madness <-> Hartford, CT (1:142/8076) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: DCQ00012 Date: 08/20/96 From: MUFUTAU TOWOBOLA Time: 02:20pm \/To: RALF ULBRICH (Read 7 times) Subj: DOS & OS/2 |---------------|Ralf Ulbrich wrote: RU>can anybody tell me what I have to do, to connect DOS LANtastic Clients RU>(V.4.1) to an OS/2 LANtastic/2 Server (1.0) ? I tried it with NE-2000 RU>cards and it worked with DOS on Server and Clients. But when I install RU>Warp 3.0 (_NOT_ Warp Connect) on the server I cannot access the server RU>at all ("theres no such network name"). Are there any hints how to ma- RU>nage it? I think you need at least Lantastic for Dos v5.x before it can communicate with the Lantastic for OS/2 which is equivalent of Lantastic DOS v6.x. Lantastic v5.x and 6.x will communicate but not with Lantastic v4.x. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Systematic BBS, Bronx, NY (718) 716-6198 (1:278/111.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: DCQ00013 Date: 08/18/96 From: BEN BERGERON Time: 01:12am \/To: DIANE HEISLER (Read 7 times) Subj: Cheap LAN *** Quoting Diane Heisler to Dwight Collins dated 08-16-96 *** > RE: Cheap LAN > BY: David Patterson to Dwight Collins on Wed Aug 14 1996 15:51:21 > > > DC> I'm looking into a cheap way to connect 4-5 computers... I can > get > > DC> several $20 Ethernet cards, but the software always seems to > run > > DC> hundreds to thousands of dollars. Is there any shareware or > freeware > > DC> software available that will perform the same tasks? I'd like > to > > DC> share drives and printer... and if possible even a few modems. > The > > DC> cheapest I've seen is LANtastic which is still about $175 per > PC... > > DC> several of the PC's are 286 class, so WIN95 is not an answer... > Any > > DC> help would be greatly appreciated. > > MicroSoft has a free DOS client for WFWG, so your 286's can connect > to a PC > > running WFWG or Win95. > > WFWG or an upgrade to it is reasonably cheap. > > Little Big Lan is inexpensive & it supports 255 nodes. > > > > Dave P. > > > > Internet Address: David.Patterson@pcwiz.linknet.ccinet.ab.ca > > DOS 6.2 also has a program built into it called INTERLINK. It does > work, as my > husband has already used it to connect a 486 to a laptop. > Good Luck, > Diane > > Requires one of the Computers to Become a Dedecated Server..... --- 6b416e55724565446549 * Origin: ------------------------------------------------------ 1:246/53.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: DCQ00014 Date: 08/19/96 From: BEN BERGERON Time: 10:37pm \/To: DAVE PETRUCCI (Read 7 times) Subj: Re: What config? *** Quoting Dave Petrucci to Mike Bilow dated 08-18-96 *** > >>I strongly recommend against the use of a permanent swap file in WfWG, > and > >>it is not supported anyway under Win95. > > DP> Why on the WFWG..? (just curious)... > > >Let me clarify that. I recommend against using a permanent swap file > in > >all circumstances and under all versions of Windows. > > Mike, > Still wondering why.... is a temporary swap file better > than a permanent one? > Dave P. > > *!* SLMAIL v4.5a (#1079) Not from what MiCroShaft has to say 'bout it. --- 6b416e55724565446549 * Origin: ------------------------------------------------------ 1:246/53.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: DCQ00015 Date: 08/19/96 From: BEN BERGERON Time: 10:38pm \/To: KURT WEISKE (Read 7 times) Subj: 100 base-t *** Quoting Kurt Weiske to Eric Smith dated 08-16-96 *** > Eric Smith wrote in a message to Kurt Weiske: > > KW>If only we could use that much bandwidth - I think there's a > limitation at > >the ISP end with our T3. > > ES> Bottlenecked up eh? Maybe you should up it all again to a T4 (100 > ES> Mbs). > > > The bottleneck isn't the pipe, it's what the pipe connects to at the > ISP side. They can't appear to feed us more than 10 mbps. > time to switch to a real ISP :) --- 6b416e55724565446549 * Origin: ------------------------------------------------------ 1:246/53.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: DCQ00016 Date: 08/20/96 From: RICHARD SHIFLETT Time: 06:54pm \/To: KURT HILL (Read 7 times) Subj: Re: New LAN Manager... -=> Quoting Kurt Hill to All <=- KH> My initial reaction is to split this bus into at least two KH> segments of app. 15 machines each. The machines all need access to the KH> same server, so I would just add a NIC to the current server. So my KH> question is: KH> Am I MAD?? Not at all! Split up the bandwidth, dude. KH> How many NIC's is the practical limit? The server is KH> a pentium 100, 32 Megs of RAM, with two SCSI KH> HD controllers and to SCSI HD's (mirrored), KH> running Netware 3.12, soon to be 4.x. Any KH> advice? You can have up to a maximum of four cards in a server (someone correct me if I'm wrong). However, considering the amount of users you have, a large consideration may depend upon physical locations. If a large group of them are in one room, you may want to put that group on one card and split up the rest. ___ Blue Wave/386 v2.30 --- Renegade v5-11 Exp * Origin: Snipe's Castle BBS, Waco, Texas (817)757-0169 (1:388/26)