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Re: NetBIOS or NetBIOS over TCP/IP in today's world...any need?

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On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:49:15 UTC, "Dariusz Piatkowski" 
<dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> wrote:

> As the subject says...is there a real requirement in a home LAN setup where I 
> have a single OS/2 machine and multiple Win (XP) computers to run any of these 
> setups?

Probably not. XP can probably be convinced to connect to NETBIOS, if 
you install the windows support for it, but it does limit you to no 
more than 2 GB files.  Likewise, NETBIOS over TCP/IP can probably be 
used, with a LOT of messing around in the windows machines. It is 
probably not worth the effort.

> My interconnectivity between the machines is accomplished through FTP, that 
> really means an occasional file x-fer...the printer is networked, scanner is 
> connected to my OS/2 machine only.

For the occasional file, FTP is probably the best option.

> I have also tried NFS, which appeared to be OK. Looked at Samba, but I have not 
> done enough research to really understand what base OS/2 components are required
> (if any) to make this work.

In my experience, SAMBA (the server) works pretty good, when you use 
windows as the client. The eCS client (EVFS) has some serious 
problems. It is very difficult to convince it to attach to a windows 
machine, and I find that it is very slow to connect, or do something 
like a directory list. Once it actually gets around to transfering 
data, it is not too bad. In your case, you could put the SAMBA server 
onto your eCS machine, and connect to it from your windows machines.

> Basically, I have no real extensive file sharing requirements...so does it make 
> sense to run any of these setups?

It depends on your needs. Personally, I use RSync for most of my file 
transfers.  There is a windows program, Deltacopy, that works with 
RSync. This is not too hard to set up, once you figure it out, but 
there is a bit of a learning curve.

> I continually run into problems attempting to install updated device 
> drivers...and each and every time I narrow this down to an out-of-memory 
> condition. Therefore, I am on a mission to remove as much of the overhead as 
> possible.
> 
> Thanks!

I assume that you are running out of shared memory space. 

I don't know what else you have done about that, but there are a few 
things, that I know about, that help:

One is to add the line 
dllbasing=off
near the top of your CONFIG.SYS. (a recent kernel is required)

Another is to use 
EARLYMEMINIT=TRUE
but you need to investigate potential problems with using that one.

Eliminate all unused IFS lines in CONFIG.SYS. I quit using HPFS a 
couple of years ago, and that freed up a lot of shared memory space (I
use JFS). I usually install ntfs.ifs, but I REM it, except when 
necessary (never).

Eliminate RAMDISKs, and/or virtual floppies. 

REM the CACHEF32.EXE line. The FAT32 driver is faster, and more 
reliable, without it.

VIRTUALADDRESSLIMIT=1536
seems to be the most likely to work, in most cases, but try 2048, or 
1024, to see if either one helps.

There are probably other things that might help more than eliminating 
networking support, but if you don't use it...

HTH...
-- 
From the eComStation of Doug Bissett
dougb007 at telus dot net
(Please make the obvious changes, to e-mail me)

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NetBIOS or NetBIOS over TCP/IP in today's world...any need? "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> - 2013-02-15 00:49 +0000
  Re: NetBIOS or NetBIOS over TCP/IP in today's world...any need? "Doug Bissett" <dougb007!SPAM@telus.net> - 2013-02-15 04:10 +0000
    Re: NetBIOS or NetBIOS over TCP/IP in today's world...any need? Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> - 2013-02-15 09:42 +0000
      Re: NetBIOS or NetBIOS over TCP/IP in today's world...any need? "Doug Bissett" <dougb007!SPAM@telus.net> - 2013-02-15 23:56 +0000
        Re: NetBIOS or NetBIOS over TCP/IP in today's world...any need? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2013-02-16 01:16 +0100
        Re: NetBIOS or NetBIOS over TCP/IP in today's world...any need? Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> - 2013-03-03 13:22 +0000
          Re: NetBIOS or NetBIOS over TCP/IP in today's world...any need? "Pete" <khadhargo@sbc...nospam.-.global.net> - 2013-03-03 12:28 -0600
            Re: NetBIOS or NetBIOS over TCP/IP in today's world...any need? Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2013-03-03 19:34 -0800
          Re: NetBIOS or NetBIOS over TCP/IP in today's world...any need? "Doug Bissett" <dougb007!SPAM@telus.net> - 2013-03-04 02:24 +0000
      Re: NetBIOS or NetBIOS over TCP/IP in today's world...any need? "Doug Bissett" <dougb007!SPAM@telus.net> - 2013-03-06 20:09 +0000
        Re: NetBIOS or NetBIOS over TCP/IP in today's world...any need? Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> - 2013-03-09 16:54 +0000
          Re: NetBIOS or NetBIOS over TCP/IP in today's world...any need? "Doug Bissett" <dougb007!SPAM@telus.net> - 2013-03-09 21:26 +0000

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