Server or Peer-to-Peer

We currently have a Peer-to-Peer LAN with Win98 machines. Would there be
any benefit to changing to a Client/Server configuration with Windows Server
2003 ? My boss is interested in increasing the performance of the LAN.
Internal security is not an issue.

Thanks in advance
Bobbie

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:03:45 -0700, "Bobbie"
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>We currently have a Peer-to-Peer LAN with Win98 machines. Would there be
>any benefit to changing to a Client/Server configuration with Windows Server
>2003 ? My boss is interested in increasing the performance of the LAN.
>Internal security is not an issue.

In that case probably not. What is the speed of the LAN? You can maybe
speed things up a bit by upgrading some of that kit. eg. 100Mb instead
of 10Mb and/or switch instead of hub.


Jim.

"James Egan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:03:45 -0700, "Bobbie"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>>We currently have a Peer-to-Peer LAN with Win98 machines. Would there be
>>any benefit to changing to a Client/Server configuration with Windows
>>Server
>>2003 ? My boss is interested in increasing the performance of the LAN.
>>Internal security is not an issue.
>
> In that case probably not. What is the speed of the LAN? You can maybe
> speed things up a bit by upgrading some of that kit. eg. 100Mb instead
> of 10Mb and/or switch instead of hub.
>
>
> Jim.
>

I agree, go to 100mb if you can and (my opinion) keep the file sharing using
NetBeui (its faster than TCP/IP)

But no security as can be with TCP/IP...

"Haggis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "James Egan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:03:45 -0700, "Bobbie"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>We currently have a Peer-to-Peer LAN with Win98 machines. Would there be
>>>any benefit to changing to a Client/Server configuration with Windows
>>>Server
>>>2003 ? My boss is interested in increasing the performance of the LAN.
>>>Internal security is not an issue.
>>
>> In that case probably not. What is the speed of the LAN? You can maybe
>> speed things up a bit by upgrading some of that kit. eg. 100Mb instead
>> of 10Mb and/or switch instead of hub.
>>
>>
>> Jim.
>>
>
> I agree, go to 100mb if you can and (my opinion) keep the file sharing
> using NetBeui (its faster than TCP/IP)
>

Thanks for the replies. We definitely don't have the expertise in-house to
setup a Client/Server network. Good to know we can improve performance with
hardware upgrades while we work on getting more versed in the Client/Server
option.

Bobbie

"Bobbie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> We currently have a Peer-to-Peer LAN with Win98 machines. Would there be
> any benefit to changing to a Client/Server configuration with Windows
Server
> 2003 ? My boss is interested in increasing the performance of the LAN.
> Internal security is not an issue.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Bobbie
>
>
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