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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 03:06:00 PST
- Sender: Node Management <NODMGT-L@UGA.BITNET>
- From: Leonard D Woren <LDW@USCMVSA.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: _possible_ death of BITNET
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- On Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:48:52 +0100,
- Eric Thomas <ERIC@SEARN.BITNET> said:
- > Users aren't supposed to deal with routing tables, link definitions,
- > BITEARN NODES updates, and the like. That's what you have system
- > administrators for.
-
- Or that's what you have JES2 for. At my previous employer, we had a
- 20 node NJE network (which is small compared to Bitnet but it seemed
- large to us.) If I recall correctly, the only time we had to change
- the JES2 configuration was when new nodes were added. When lines were
- moved around, the JES2 path manager handled everything on the fly.
- So NJE doesn't inherently mean that there are boring recurring
- maintenance tasks. A poor NJE software implementation does.
-
- Anyway, from what I overhear from the next office, I'd say that NJE is
- easier to administer than IP. BUT THAT'S NOT THE WHOLE PICTURE. Ip
- also provides remote logon, which NJE doesn't. For that, IBM's
- protocol is SNA. From my limited experience, I think ip is easier to
- deal with than SNA. And that's not saying much.
-
- /Leonard
-