Re: NT RAS vs. PM2ER

Mark Holobach (holobach@Fe3.rust.net)
Tue, 10 Sep 1996 15:24:00 -0400

I believe if you turn off netbeui in your network protocol configuration
NT defaults to use IP for all those neat little NT bells/whistles like
directory sharing, dir \\servername\xxx, nbstat -a etc. So if you just
dial in with IP with NT RAS you should get all those services with no
problems

mark

At 11:52 AM 9/10/96 -0700, you wrote:
>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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>jstorms@livingston.com
>So much to do, so litt...[Hold on a sec]
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>

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