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Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 22:51:56 -0500
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD instead of Novell Netware?
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Hi Warren,

At 18:27 10/3/2002, Warren Block wrote:
>On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, W. D. wrote:
>
>> I was planning to put together a 10 user Novell Netware network.  Is it
>> possible to substitute a FreeBSD server instead?
>
>Might be... see /usr/ports/net/mars_nwe.

Hmmm.  http://www.Google.com/search?q=3Dmars_nwe+freebsd

>=20
>> What would be the differences?
>
>>From the client side, it may look the same.  From the
>server/administrator side, it'd look very different.  You would be
>limited in what Novell software you could use.  This is not necessarily
>a bad thing.  Most of the FreeBSD services are, IMO, better than
>Novell's offerings, and the OS itself is more robust.  But it could be a
>hassle to support.
>
>For a business, I wouldn't do it that way.  I would likely use Samba
>or even NFS instead. =20

Would Samba sit on top of FreeBSD?  NFS?=20

>It depends on what you need it to do.

Mainly provide file sharing and print services  What else can these 2
do?

Thanks,

W. D.

>
>-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA

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