Choosing Your Server Type

XyNexT has accounts available on either Unix servers or on Windows NT servers.

• It has been our experience that, on average, Unix servers tend to be faster and more stable.

• We have a greater ability to customize the environments and processes on the Unix servers.

• We can provide telnet access upon customer request to the Unix servers (not available on NT).

FrontPage can be used on either server type but was initially created on Unix systems. Some of its features cannot be used on NT servers. These include discussion groups and the ability to assign specific access privileges (such as browse, author and administer) to multiple users on subwebs.

Two file types that cannot be run on Unix are:

             .mdb (MS Access Databases)
and        .asp (MS Active Server Pages)

If you do not require either of these two services, we strongly  recommend ordering a Unix account. XyNexT charges a $50 service fee to change accounts from one server to another. This fee does not include the transfer of the client's files. It merely provides for a blank site to be set up on the new server. The client would then re-publish or re-upload their files.