At 11:11 AM 2/9/99 -0800, you wrote:
>On 8 Feb 99, at 12:42, David Hurst wrote:
>
>> is there a "preferred" protocol to be used for a simple local (2
>> machine) network ?
>> I have the network currently working; having ne2000 compatible
>> NICs , but notice there are 2 protocols(netbeui and ipx/spx bound
>> to the card..???  should there be two..??  or is one
>> preferrred..???? and if so. which one...??
>
>  First the good news:  There's an interface component in Windows
>networking (called NDIS) that lets you run multiple protocols over a
>single adapter.  So this probably isn't a problem.
>
>  Windows supports three main protocols:
>
>1. TCP/IP
>  This is what the Internet uses; it's probably the most widely
>understood.  If you will be using your LAN as a way to share an
>Internet connection, you might consider installing this -- some
>Internet software may not talk to anything else.
>
>2. IPS/SPX
>  This is the protocol used by Novell Netware.  It's also supported by
>some multi-player network games.  It's possible for some "gateway"
>programs to connect an IPX LAN to the Internet.
>
>3. NETBEUI
>  NETBEUI is a tight little protocol for small networks -- it doesn't
>scale to larger nets.
>
>
>  So unless perhaps you're trying to share an Internet connection, you
>should get pretty good results with NETBEUI as your primary protocol
>and IPX for games.
>
>
>David G
>
You may want to look at Artisoft product IShare for sharing a single
connection to an ISP from a LAN using Netbeui. I have it at work and it
works well.

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