Mailing List os2-netware_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #132

From:	"Vaughn Bender" <os2-netware_users@2rosenthals.com>	Full Headers Undecoded message
Sender:	os2-netware_users-owner <os2-netware_users-owner@2rosenthals.com>
Subject:	OS/2-NetWare Users List: IP vs IPX (was: Re: Netware IP)
Date:	Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:09:59 EST5EDT4,M4.1,M10.5
To:	"os2-netware_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-netware_users@2rosenthals.com>

HI At the moment I would beg to differ to a certain degree see below your comments >I've seen them advise it to resolve slow login issues under NT, as well >as other things. NW6 is the first version I've seen to actually get >Btrieve performance under IP to surpass IPX (after quite a bit of >tuning, believe me!). Well...actually Novell told me this:... You see, IPX performs better than IP in an all-NetWare environment, by a significant amount. Provided you aren't running any IP-based services on a NetWare server (such as an Apache Web Server, for example), there's little reason to employ IP as a server protocol, and a number of reasons not to. Loading dual stacks on your client systems (IPX and IP) would allow them to access NetWare servers and other, IP-based servers and hosts (such as mail servers, Web servers and other Internet related devices). In a well-designed network, you could even forego loading IP on the server, allowing your routers to handle all of the IP traffic and your servers to handle all of the IPX traffic. Doing this can also improve your security. Since there's no IP running on the server, no one can attack your server over the Internet. Disable IPX on your Internet routers, and no IPX traffic can come in to attack your network either. Of course, this isn't easy to implement and may be self- defeating in other ways. Many of NetWare 6's new services are designed to only work over IP, and this should increase with new releases of the network operating system. But NetWare's IP efficiency should also increase over time, so NetWare 6.1 or 7.0 might present a better opportunity to go all-IP. Each network is different and each organization has its own needs and priorities. But don't necessarily accept that you need to run only IP on your network - it might not be the most efficient way to go. so With that in mind I think IPX for performance is till the best for the moment depending on ones network infrastructure, this does not shed any more light on the life of eCS's Novell client though. But a pure IP client for eCS would still be nice. Vaughn *** PLEASE NOTE *** Because of the incredible increase in SPAM lately If you wish to send a response to this email be sure to remove the "SPAM!" from the email address. -- Certified Netware Engineer Reseller for Norman Data Antivirus -- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by Norman Virus Control v5.4 for eCS (http://www.norman.com). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "unsubscribe os2-netware_users" in the body (omit the quotes). For help with other commands, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "help" in the body (omit the quotes). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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