Messages in this thread |  | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Slow start -- Linux vs. NT -- it's time to acknowledge the problem! | Date | 30 Nov 2001 12:00:14 -0800 |
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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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