osmana@well.sf.ca.us (Osman Arslaner) (04/13/91)
I have a Netbios related question and any answers will be appreciated:- In a Novell network which has Lotus servers using IPX/Netbios protocols, can we access the remote Lotus Servers through our Cisco routers ? Will the Netbios interface be transparent over the WAN since IPX does the routing ?? Thanks in advance. Osman Arslaner Montreal - QUEBEC.
saddison@ca.excelan.com (Skip Addison) (04/16/91)
The News Manager) Nntp-Posting-Host: ca Reply-To: saddison@ca.excelan.com (Skip Addison) Organization: Novell, Sunnyvale, CA References: <24174@well.sf.ca.us> Distribution: comp Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1991 15:01:00 GMT In article <24174@well.sf.ca.us> osmana@well.sf.ca.us (Osman Arslaner) writes: >... > In a Novell network which has Lotus servers using IPX/Netbios protocols, > can we access the remote Lotus Servers through our Cisco routers ? > Will the Netbios interface be transparent over the WAN since IPX does > the routing ?? You may receive some timeout errors with slow data rates and/or high latency (ie. high delay) WAN links. I would not recommend NETBIOS over X.25, for example. I can't speak for cisco routers, but over Novell's own routers NETBIOS is supported only on synchronous links of 19.2 kbps or greater and only then when there is no source of delay such as a satellite link. -- Skip saddison@novell.com