Re: NT RAS vs. PM2ER

John Storms (jstorms@livingston.com)
Tue, 10 Sep 1996 11:52:00 -0700

At 01:27 PM 9/9/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
>I've heard some interesting statistics on using NT RAS compression to
>achieve a rate of over 92Kbps over a 28.8 dial-up connection. This was
>apparently irrelevant to whether you were doing IP, IPX, etc.
>
>1) Does the PM2ER do netbui traffic over the PPP connection?

No, only IP and IPX.

>2) If #1 is yes, is anyone doing it now?
>
>3) Is there any comperable compression scheme on the PM's to what
> RAS is boasting?

The only compression available to dialin network users is VJ compression.

>I currently have 3 PM's in service and would like to use them for another
>application, but the customer is hyped on the RAS alternative. Any help
>out there?

You could try encapsulating your netbeui packets in IP. Though I don't know
how to do it I've seen many systems where it was being done and the packets
were being passed on UDP ports 137 and 138.

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