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- From: peterh@netcom.com (Peter John Harrison)
- Subject: Re: TCP/IP as Netware protocol recommended ?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.183634.3820@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Nov18.194928.9213@cs.tu-berlin.de> <1992Nov18.170055@is.morgan.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:36:34 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- mpiet@is.morgan.com (Mark Pietrasanta) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Nov18.194928.9213@cs.tu-berlin.de>, ernst@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Ernst Kloecker) writes:
-
- >Well, kind'a. Novell still only support IPX/SPX as the underlying protocol.
- >However, with NetWare 3.11, you can package the IPX/SPX packet in a TCP/IP
- >packet. They (Novell) call this IP Tunneling. You still need both IPX/SPX
- >and TCP/IP loaded on the workstation in order to communicate. You gain: a
- >single protocol over the LAN/WAN. You lose: performance (20-50%), memory
- >on the workstation (due to TSR overhead), and money (although if you need
- >TCP/IP anyway, you're already losing the money and memory). You also
- >lose: dynamic RIP updates enterprise wide, since the IP Tunnel requires
- >static 1-hop routes to be defined (all others do get propogated via RIP).
- >It means planning the network is a little more involved, and depending
- >on the design a server outage can break the IPTunnel network.
-
- IP Tunneling is not the only option 3.11 offers. 3.11 comes with an NLM,
- TCPIP, that allows the server to route IP packets and handle RIP. This is
- what Marty Collins pointed out in an earlier post (he just said it differ-
- ently).
-
- >|> If yes, would I encounter any problems when using the TCP/IP protocol ?
- >|> Is TCP/IP supposed to be the "main" protocol to be supported in upcoming
- >|> releases of Netware or will Novell stick to IPX/SPX ?
-
- >From what the press has said, Novell is sticking with IPX/SPX. The benefits
- >to using IPTUNNEL is that all your WAN routers need only understand IP (which
- >is a more public protocol, and therefore more consistently routed with
- >non-Novell routers).
-
- Novell has created, with the help of UNIX Labs, a spin-off called Univel,
- which is working on a product called UnixWare. Univel's UNIX supports IPX
- as it's native protocol, and I guess that kinda underscores Novell's
- commitment to IPX/SPX as a transport protocol suite.
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