--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: DDD00021 Date: 09/08/96 From: TORE HANSEN Time: 07:28pm \/To: MIKE BILOW (Read 6 times) Subj: PEER-TO-PEER Hello MIKE, on 09-03-96 you wrote to JIM PALMER about PEER-TO-PEER: MB> Microsoft has even been willing to subvert real standards, such as MB> DHCP, by releasing imcompatible implementations of them. Indeed. And in so doing, they do the overall software market place a great injustice. I think we should be thankful that the Internet reached a critical mass just in time, before Microsoft turned every existing protocol on its head, and made it all look like Nintendo for us. :-) In my Windows NT Workstation 4.0b2 testing I have so far been unable to get the machine to talk to a standard "named" daemon DNS server running on a Linux box. Every other machine I have can see the DNS server, but not the new Win NT version. Microsoft still has some work to (un)do there. :-( Tore tore.hansen@bbs.logicnet.com -- CMPQwk 1.42-R2 391 ... She was naked and thenZ>?Ęż|= --- PCBoard 15.2 * Origin: 32 lines 40 Gig BBS, Realtime InterNet SLIP (403)247-7900 (1:134/10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: DDD00022 Date: 09/08/96 From: TORE HANSEN Time: 07:28pm \/To: ROGER SNYDER (Read 6 times) Subj: ETHERNET NETWORK/W95 Hello ROGER, on 09-04-96 you wrote to TORE HANSEN about ETHERNET NETWORK/W95: RS> The only problem ever to pop up was that Win95 wanted to RS> use IRQ 10 when the card was configured to use IRQ 15. Actually, it is a good idea to set up your network cards to use IRQ 10 and I/O Port 300 as the standard. On some systems, the use of IRQ 15 can cause problems. Tore tore.hansen@bbs.logicnet.com -- CMPQwk 1.42-R2 391 ... Dime: a dollar with all the taxes taken out. --- PCBoard 15.2 * Origin: 32 lines 40 Gig BBS, Realtime InterNet SLIP (403)247-7900 (1:134/10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: DDD00023 Date: 09/08/96 From: TORE HANSEN Time: 07:28pm \/To: TREVOR SINCLAIR (Read 6 times) Subj: NOVELL Hello TREVOR, on 09-05-96 you wrote to ALL about NOVELL: TS> Does anyone know of any security vulnerabilities in Novell I should TS> know about if I wanted to have a LAN for use by different people TS> every day that I don't know? Novell NetWare itself is pretty secure if you set everything up properly. Here are some suggestions you can look at: 1. Use good passwords (at least 6 characters) everywhere. 2. Don't give too many rights to the group EVERYONE, and remove the user GUEST from it. Instead give specific directory rights to other groups that you create for specific purposes and types of users. 3. Lock the server console to prevent unauthorized access. 4. Physically lock up the server in a room where the ordinary user can not get near it. 5. Run good tape backup software on your system. Tore tore.hansen@bbs.logicnet.com -- CMPQwk 1.42-R2 391 ... Exercise your right to arm and keep bears! --- PCBoard 15.2 * Origin: 32 lines 40 Gig BBS, Realtime InterNet SLIP (403)247-7900 (1:134/10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: DDD00024 Date: 09/08/96 From: TORE HANSEN Time: 07:28pm \/To: LUIS MANTEROLA (Read 6 times) Subj: SERVER AND W95 Hello LUIS, on 09-02-96 you wrote to HUBERT LELONG about SERVER AND W95: LM> As long as I know netware 3.1x partitions cannot deal with more than LM> 8.3 caracters it its file table.. if you get any info to make it LM> work I'd like to know it too. You can load various name spaces on Netware volumes. MAC.NAM, NFS.NAM and OS2.NAM all come supplied with NetWare 3.1x and higher. They all allow for the use of long file names on server volumes. Tore tore.hansen@bbs.logicnet.com -- CMPQwk 1.42-R2 391 ... If this was an actual tagline, it would be funny. --- PCBoard 15.2 * Origin: 32 lines 40 Gig BBS, Realtime InterNet SLIP (403)247-7900 (1:134/10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: DDD00025 Date: 09/09/96 From: MIKE BILOW Time: 07:11am \/To: SCOTT PARKS (Read 6 times) Subj: DS0 data link? Scott Parks wrote in a message to Mike Bilow: MB> The line will likely be dropped on a four-wire cable that is MB> intended to be plugged into a DSU/CSU. The other side of MB> the DSU/CSU is likely to be a high speed serial connector MB> such as a V.35 jack, and this would be cabled to your MB> network router. SP> Sounds like I may be able to test this CSU/DSU I picked up SP> for $10 except I don't remember a mention of one in the SP> previous setup before the remodel. Since we are "directly" SP> connected to the main campus ... is it possible they would SP> have the router on their end and we just use a bridge? It's possible, but I would think that this is unlikely. First, the cost of a router is no longer much greater than the cost of a bridge, and the relative inefficiency of a bridge would strongly argue against its use. Second, people who play with campus networks do not usually work with telecom lines such as T1 or fractional T1 internally, since the cost of DSU/CSU boxes and so forth is largely wasted over short-haul links. SP> Breaking out my book again ... it says a Bridge "keeps" a SP> table for filtering local from external addresses. Is this SP> something you have to program like you would SNMP on a Hub? You don't usually program SNMP; its main purpose is to give you information. If you use SNMP to write information to a managed device, then this information is usually the kind you might enter at the console, such as the name or location of the device. The technical distinction between a bridge and a router is that a router understands network layer protocols such as IP or IPX, while a bridge knows only link layer protocols such as Ethernet. As a result, the effciency possible on a router cannot be matched with a bridge. As costs have come down, the use of bridges has lost favor compared to routers. -- Mike --- * Origin: N1BEE BBS +1 401 944 8498 V.34/V.FC/V.32bis/HST16.8 (1:323/107) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: DDD00026 Date: 09/09/96 From: MIKE BILOW Time: 07:19am \/To: SCOTT PARKS (Read 6 times) Subj: DS0 data link? Scott Parks wrote in a message to Bruce Lane: SP> Any idea if older CSU/DSU's are limited in speed like modems? I SP> assume if you use them they should be more of less a matching SP> pair on either end? Mine must be 6-7 years old. Yes. I've seen old DSU/CSU boxes good to only 9600 bps. BL> You'll need a bridge or a brouter (combination BL> bridge/router). You may or may not also need a DSU/CSU. SP> I have a feeling we won't need a router ... but then again ;) You want a router. -- Mike --- * Origin: N1BEE BBS +1 401 944 8498 V.34/V.FC/V.32bis/HST16.8 (1:323/107) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: DDE00000 Date: 09/06/96 From: ERIC SMITH Time: 09:24am \/To: TREVOR SINCLAIR (Read 6 times) Subj: Novell TS>Does anyone know of any security vulnerabilities in Novell I should know >about if I wanted to have a LAN for use by different people every day that >I don't know? Yes, As long as you make sure the Server is stored in a area where others can't get to it, and you make sure other users can't load RCONSOLE, then everything should be OK. Otherwise, a person with a floppy disk can grant themself, or anybody else Supervisor access in a matter of seconds. --- * QMPro 1.53 * Do I pee when the sign says "WET FLOOR"? --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Aspencade BBS (1:226/0.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: DDE00001 Date: 09/06/96 From: ERIC SMITH Time: 09:27am \/To: MIKE ROBINSON (Read 6 times) Subj: Lan's MR> I have three computer that I would like to lan togather. One has >windows 95, one has windows 3.1 and the other is a BBS in DOS. MR> How can I do this? and keep the cost down... MR> Thanks > Mike Put a 10Base-T card in each (That has a BNC 10Base-2 Connection on it), and you thinnet cables to connect them (Make sure you use the T connector with terminators). Next you will have to find the right kind of software. Windows 95 dosn't require any, since it has it's own, but it may not be compatible with everything else out there (Another Windows 95 drawback). I recommend Novells Personal Netware, though I don't know how it works (or even does) with Windows 95. --- * QMPro 1.53 * I'd love to, but I have to study for a blood test. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Aspencade BBS (1:226/0.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: DDE00002 Date: 09/08/96 From: WIM DE.MAESSCHALCK Time: 06:02pm \/To: ALL (Read 6 times) Subj: RAS in WfW How can I setup a RAS (Remote Access Server) in WfW so the WfW-network can be dialed-in ? Does it requires additional sofware of is this possibilty included in WfW ? Netmail Reply Please ! Greetings WiM. --- FMail/386 0.98 * Origin: Meulebeest BBS - point 9 (2:291/1102.9) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: DDE00003 Date: 09/08/96 From: DAVE PETRUCCI Time: 11:06pm \/To: DENIS CLEMENT (Read 6 times) Subj: Re: lbl > TM> could crash or be rebooted at any time. When node 17 is using a > TM> program that lives on node 10, and someone reboots node 10 in the > TM> middle of a transaction, node 17 gets grumpy, and then when 10 shows >Since v2.0 at least, LBL includes an utility named STIO which, among >other possibilities, intercepts the Ctrl+Alt+Del combination and does >allow rebooting only if no other node is currently accessing a file on >this one. >Salut, Denis Denis, Your correct... the STIO utility's "Ctrl-Alt-Del" check was add back on 06/17/92 in v1.0f and will help to prevent accidental "reboot" problems... Of course should a node "crash", there not much one can to but reboot... Dave P. --- SLMAIL v4.5a (#1079) * Origin: The Rocket Shop BBS -=|Dover,DE|=- 302-674-4839 (1:2600/161)