Re: SQL*Net/WFW 3.1.1
Date: 15 Aug 1994 10:38:02 -0400
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In article <CtMB9x.ALC_at_freenet.carleton.ca>, ah513_at_FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Doug Harris) writes:
Re: the Lanman2 TCP/IP stack: Run Away! Run Away!
> We became so frustrated with this stack (Unable to Allocate DOS memory
>for all DOS sockets...sound familiar?) that we are switching to
alternatives
>as fast as we can. In a WFWG environment, I would suggest you take
>a look at the latest Beta of the 32 bit TCP/IP stack available from
>Microsoft's Anon FTP server (make sure you get the latest, older
>versions have very poor performance). So far it is the fastest SQL*Net
>performer I have seen and reliability does not seem to be a problem
>(at least for use with SQL*Net). Good Luck!
> - Doug Harris
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This is interesting to me as well. I ordered WfW and the Windows Printing System over the weekend to install on my NCR3333 workstation.
I'm currently running AT&T StarGROUP OSI & WRQ Reflections Network Series TCP/IP with Lan Manager 2.1a enhanced. We're currently running TCP/IP V1 SQL*Net (SQL*Net TCP/IP 1.1 for Windows on the clients, orasrv SQLNet 1.1 on the server) and have had pretty good results. Many workstations are still using NetBIOS AT&T StarGROUP OSI SQL*Net and they're trouble free once properly configured.
However, StarGROUP OSI will be going away in 7.1; we've been beta testing 7.1 primarily for read-only tablespace on optical storage. When I put 7.1 into production I'll be faced either with convincing our computer administration group to go to StarPRO OSI, which will involve lots of changes to our whole network (30 servers, 400+ workstations), or running a dual protocol stack with somebody's TCP/IP.
The computer support folks favor the Wollangong PATHWAYS Access package for TCP/IP; I really like WRQ RNS (the terminal software is terrific for use in Oracle DBA and installation work.)
32-bit TCP/IP protocol services sound pretty sexy realizing the amount of client/server work we do; I'll be interested to see if I can get WfW working with SQL*Net.
R. (Scott) Hunter shunter_at_cfotax.attmail.com Database Administrator
AT&T Tax Systems, Financial Services Organization AT&T Corporation - Morristown
Received on Mon Aug 15 1994 - 16:38:02 CEST