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I am networking two NT4.0 Workstations. I was wondering what anyones opinion was on the best protocol to use. I was going to use Netbui, but I just used TCP/IP and used assigned IP addresses. It seems to work OK, but I have heard Netbui would be faster and easier. Any thoughts ?
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For small networks NetBeui is faster. It is also a higher level protocol allowing for better broadcasting. However it is a more active protocol than IP so don't use it with more than 20 PC's on the same network.
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netbeui is for small networks that you dont need any support for routing, or internet access for that matter... very easy to setup, very easy to admin https://forums.windrivers.com/, if you want net access...stick with tcp/ip
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[This message has been edited by morguth (edited January 18, 2001).]
don't run netbeui. if your going to share/use the internet with both machines use tcp/ip. multiple protocols slow your machine and most people wind up wanting to access the internet with both machines eventually.
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There is one good reason for using NetBEUI along with TCP/IP. Since NetBEUI is non-routable, you can bind file and printer sharing to it, and unbind it from TCP/IP, and this will help increase your security. Be sure to unbind NetBIOS from TCP/IP as well.
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NetBEUI is a much faster protocol then TCP/IP for smaller networks. Use it for your file/printer sharing and reserve TCP/IP for Internet access. NetBEUI will broad cast to the entire network at once though so once you start adding multiple boxes it can cause a lot of network traffic. Since NetBEUI is not routable you are limited to one subnet with it.
Also as a note, with the introduction of the Whistler OS, Microsoft is removing support for NetBEUI
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as Compaqman and other stated netbui is very fast on local area networks all you have to do is change binding on tcp/ip disable binding to file and print sharing this will make netbui do all local trafic between sets and you can use tcp/ip for internet this will also give some minimal added security on internet you dont want tcp/ip with file and printer sharing on the net. X