NetBEUI

[Jay]

I am preparing to upgrade from Win98 to XP and see that
the NetBEUI protocol is not supported. Is this anything I
need to be concerned with considering I am not networked
to any other computers and use a PCMCIA card to connect to
a Cisco Router for DSL?

 

[Jim Macklin]

It is an advantage, NetBEUI is not secure.


| I am preparing to upgrade from Win98 to XP and see that
| the NetBEUI protocol is not supported. Is this anything I
| need to be concerned with considering I am not networked
| to any other computers and use a PCMCIA card to connect to
| a Cisco Router for DSL?

 

[Jay]

Thanks, Jim, but do I need to reconfigure anything?

 

[David H. Lipman]

Jay:

If you are using DSL then the *only* protocol that is needed is TCP/IP.

If you do get another computer TCP/IP is still the only protocol needed. However, I would
suggest getting a Cable/DSL Router such as the Linksys BEFSR41.

Dave



| I am preparing to upgrade from Win98 to XP and see that
| the NetBEUI protocol is not supported. Is this anything I
| need to be concerned with considering I am not networked
| to any other computers and use a PCMCIA card to connect to
| a Cisco Router for DSL?

 

[nh]

I would do a clean install........ for peace of mind. I
tried upgrading from Win98SE to XP Pro.... nightmare.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

NO! NetBEUI is not installed on DSL and not automatically install in XP.

 

[Jay]

NH,
Thank you for the response, what do you mean by a clean
install?

 

[Yves Leclerc]

A clean install is where you remove all old partitions and let the new
Windows XP installer install the Windows as if the hard drive was brand new
and empty.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In

A clean install is where you remove all old partitions

A clean installation has to do with removing what's on the drive
beofre installation. It's installing on an empty drive, rather
than over a previous operating system.

It has nothing to do with removing partitions. In fact, there's
never any reason to remove partitions unless you also want to
change the existing partition structure.