Re: File Number Limitation When Copying Over a Network?

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"HeyBub" <heybub@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:uWvhvSklFHA.4000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Bruce wrote:
>> Malke <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:#mmeq0flFHA.1372
>> @TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:
>>
>> snip
>>
>>> 1. There is no reason to install NetBEUI. Uninstall it and use
>>> TCP/IP.
>>>
>> snip
>>
>>> Malke
>>
>> Hi, Malke,
>>
>> If my hub (not router in this case) is also connected to my comcast
>> cable modem, is it safe to do file sharing/copying over TCP/IP?
>
> Well, for sure, there's NONE with NetBEUI! Worse than none - NetBEUI
> is a malware MAGNET.
>
> When scanners detect NetBEUI they shout: "Wake the kids, ma, we've hit
> the motherlode!"
>
>

Nope. NetBEUI is non-routable, and when I do use it, I unbind file and
print sharing from TCP/IP.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/netbeui.htm

Bruce
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