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=mars_nwe+freebsd > >> 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. Would Samba sit on top of FreeBSD? NFS? >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 Start Here to Find It Fast!© -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message