Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 20:13:40 -0800 (PST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> Cc: Jeremy Chadwick <yoshi@parodius.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LAN Questions. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912132003510.4557-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19991214135718.006fe000@idx.com.au>
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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Danny wrote: > Then in response to the non- freebsd alternative. (note that I am not a > Microsoft advocate. I am all for freebsd. I am just doing my job.) > > Question: > > 1)what kind of networking approach would I use to solve the problem? I can't read your mind, however if it was me making the decision I'd obivously pick FreeBSD, it's what I know best and enjoy working with the most. > 2) Who would I configure Windows NT to do the job? Is NT a better solution > for this job? The only thing I've found NT better then FreeBSD is for use as a door-stop or bookend, the damn packaging is so much bulkier. Another thing NT isn't good at is helping the enviornment. > 3) Any other ideas? Use what you know and feel most comfortable with. > Looking forward to your feedback. > > (Please not I am not a Microsoft advocate. I am all for Freebsd and I am > only doing my job whether the solution may require Linux, NT, Netware or > even Freebsd.) I really think you should stick with what you know for business tasks, if you haven't done much more than install FreeBSD once or twice and you've been running X for 2 years doing all kinds of spiffy network thingies with it, then go with X. Where X is one of the alternatives you've listed. If you don't know any of the alternate OS's then you may enjoy trying FreeBSD. You may gain a fraction of performance by choosing any of these OS's (FreeBSD included) but it doesn't help if you don't know what to do when strange things pop up or a special setup is required. good luck, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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