Subj : A rather general question
To   : mark lewis
From : Gerald Miller
Date : Sun Jul 04 2004 11:08 am

Hello Mark,

    Responding to a post in the LAN area:
    On Saturday July 03 2004 at 15:31,
    Mark Lewis [1:3634/12] wrote to Gerald Miller,
    about: A rather general question

 GM>>>> The WfW3.11 box has these protocols:

 GM>>>>     Microsoft TCP/IP-32 3.11b [default]
 GM>>>>     Microsoft NetBEUI
 GM>>>>     IPX/SPX Compatible Transport with NetBIOS

 ML> punt IPX/SPX... it is not needed unless you are using a novell server
 ML> in your mix and i can assure you that you are not ;)

 ML> besides, its only taking up needed memory space...

Done!

 ML> TCP/IP and NetBEUI are needed for the microsoft networking so you can
 ML> map the drives and copy files back and forth... actually, only NetBEUI
 ML> (or NetBIOS) is needed but with the mix of stuff, leaving the TCP/IP
 ML> in is ok... especially if it is working...

The TCP/IP-32 is what's working well and that's definitely a keeper.  I
know that when I was setting up the NIC in WfW, there were a number of
protocols being installed -- I recall removing two...

           Thanks ... Gerald

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