Thicknet (was Re: BBS's) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

22 Nov 2000

From: Carlos Murillo &lt;cem14(a)cornell.edu&gt;

...
 >don't have to listen to them. Why should me
VAXes be interrupted by
>the constant chatter of WIN98?
>clint 

That was the reason for the introduction of vaxserver3100...

...
 /etc/syslog.conf can be modified to avoid this.
Fortunately, we're behind
...
 a firewall.  But having to acommodate idiotic NT needs
sure sucks. 

REason, NT uses netbuei (netbios) as it's networking and if your running
IP suite then it's netbios over IP.  In the end it's netbios that wants
to
be pinged often.  Makes for a lot of short packat traffic.  Gets real
nasty with
more than about 30 systems on a net.

Allison