Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 29 Jul 1998 01:11:34 +0200 | From | Erik Corry <> | Subject | Re: Quick NetBEUI question |
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On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 05:43:10PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Erik Corry wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 01:41:16PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > No. The network I helped develop is NETBIOS. I damned well know how > > > it works. And it's spelled NETBIOS. Maybe NetBIOS is something > > > else?
Clearly NetBIOS and NETBIOS are different though related.
> As such, [NetBEUI] encapsulated NETBIOS packets in TCP/IP.
Take a look at the network configuration of a W95 or NT box if you get the chance. NetBEUI and TCP/IP are listed as alternatives at the same level. The one does not build on the other. I have seen many machines with NetBEUI configured and working and IP not present.
> The Ethernet hardware destination is always ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.
Alan Cox did the work on the now aborted attempt to implement NetBEUI in the kernel, and says this is not true. I would tend to believe him, since you don't claim ever to have worked on NetBEUI.
-- Erik Corry
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