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> Please don't use NETBEUI. It encapsulates NETBIOS packets into BROADCAST
> packets. This means that every machine on your LAN will receive all data

Then your implementation is wrong. Only netbios name stuff goes that way.
Most netbios data goes over reliable LLC 802.2, which is fine except 802.2
has _no_ congestion control, so given a few boxes chatting away in netbeui
your lan grinds


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