> However, since the proxy application must be taught each application,
> it may be very limited in the number of users it can support.
> Clearly, new applications may not be introduced to the LAN users on a
> timely basis.
> By contrast, Instant Internet allows IPX workstations on your local
> LAN running IP to access the Internet without any IP traffic traveling
> between the Internet and the local IP LAN.
Two possibilities:
1. It's running its own proxies, with all the disadvantages
listed above.
2. It's tunneling IP over IPX. This is exactly equivalent to
giving each user a modem and a SLIP connection, no? I think
this option has been quite thoroughly discussed in this list.
Is there some "3" I'm missing?
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