Re: SFM, SMB and ExtremeZ-IP - boiled down?

The SMB Apple client keeps getting better and better. There a couple of
issues that impact usability with SMB connections specific to file sharing
from Mac OS X clients to Windows Servers that may or may not be show
stoppers for you: 1.) The creation of .files in addition to the regular
files saved on the share. 2.) Some characters that are legal in Mac OS
file names are not legal on the Windows OS.
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"Bonedoc" <UseLinkToEmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a Win2k/Nt4.0 network and we have ten Mac users (most of who
> use 10.X, 10.2 I believe is average) -
>
> They ALL need to transfer LONG Named 'files' to a PUBLIC directory on
> our
> Win2K server(s) - this/these Directories are WINDOW "shares".
>
> With SFM "turned on", there is a 31 character limit on files copied
> to this
> directory - we TRIAL Tested ExtremeZ-IP after turning off SFM and it
> allowed very long file names to be copied with ease!
>
> Now we have a user coming in today, and SFM is off, he logs in on his
> Mac
> 10.2 and "HAS" access to the PUBLIC folder, can copy long named
> files and IS NOT listed in the 'user log' of the trial ExtremeZ-IP
> program.
>
> 'I' assume he's accessing using SMB - is there ANY major reason to buy
> a product like ExtremeZ-IP "if" our users can ALL login using the
> SMB protocol and transfer long named files (which was the initial
> issue)???
>
> Thanks...
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