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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Slow start -- Linux vs. NT -- it's time to acknowledge the problem!
Date: 30 Nov 2001 12:00:14 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9u8oge$tbq$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.40.0111301002110.3351-100000@twu.net> <1007137256.1244.0.camel@aurora>

Followup to:  <1007137256.1244.0.camel@aurora>
By author:    "Trever L. Adams" <vichu@digitalme.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 11:02, Jessica Blank wrote:
> > Sooo... having the Windows-type person remove NetBEUI and Windows
> > filesharing (SMB) would fix this if this is indeed the cause of problems?
> > 
> 
> Partially.  SMB can be an ok netizen given that you disable NetBEUI and
> possibly IPX.  It won't be the best netizen, but it won't be so insanely
> broken.
> 

Indeed.  Note that even Microsoft have been recommending running SMB
over TCP/IP and disabling other protocols for many years now; starting
in Win98 this is the default configuration.

	-hpa

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  reply	other threads:[~2001-11-30 20:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-11-30 14:35 Slow start -- Linux vs. NT -- it's time to acknowledge the problem! Jessica Blank
2001-11-30 15:36 ` Alan Cox
2001-11-30 16:00 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-11-30 16:02   ` Jessica Blank
2001-11-30 16:16     ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-11-30 16:20     ` Trever L. Adams
2001-11-30 20:00       ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-11-30 18:42 ` Tom Sightler
2001-11-30 22:28 ` David S. Miller
2001-12-03  4:52   ` Slow start -- Linux vs. NT -- it's time to acknowledge theproblem! watermodem
2001-12-03 16:14   ` Slow start -- Linux vs. NT -- it's time to acknowledge the problem! Bill Davidsen

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