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IPX/SPX binding
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26/04/1999 07:31:47
 
 
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26/04/1999 00:16:10
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Forum:
Windows
Category:
Troubleshooting
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00211984
Message ID:
00212107
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>Thank you for your advise.
>I just wonder what is the protocol "IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol" at Win95 is
>doing? It seems that the "binding" to the "Client for MS Network" at this
>particular protocol is giving the slowness problem.
>Any idea what is this doing and will it cause problem to the network
>communication if I were to disable the binding to Client for MS Network?
>

By default, Win95 will try to use NetBIOS over IPX/SPX to do peer-to-peer networking if it doesn't see a better alternative. You could try removing the binding; without knowing exactly what the protocol stacks are doing on your system to communicate with the server, it's hard to say that's the cause, and if it's only using that to connect to peer stations rather than the NT Server, you might lose the ability to connect to other WIn95 boxes.

>Note: My customer need Novell to access their email system.
>
>
>>The only thing I can think of is that Win95 may be binding the Microsoft Client to your NT Server using NetBIOS over IPX/SPX rather than using NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP.) I'd try several things:
>
>>(1) Unless the server has a need to access the NetWare resources directly, don't install NWLink/GSNW on the NT Server. If there's no NWLink support on the NT box, the Win95 stations will continue to bind with NBT.
>
>>(2) Upgrade to Win98. The immediate benefit for you is the improved networking implementation for both NetWare and Microsoft servers, and explicit support for NBT through the Network Control Panel applet.
>>
>>(3) If you can't remove the NWLink stack on the NT Server, then at least set the TCP/IP stack and the WINS client at the top of the bindings for both Workstation and Server services.
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