Re: Slow start -- Linux vs. NT -- it's time to acknowledge the

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <1007137256.1244.0.camel@aurora>
By author:    "Trever L. Adams" <[e-mail]>
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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