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SubjectRe: NETBEUI support?
On Sun, Mar 22, 1998 at 12:52:48PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > 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

Agreed. However are people sure that the name stuff is on Broadcast?
While working on a ethernet driver for an OS (FlexOS), I saw that it's
NETBEUI stack was sending ethernet Multicast packets for the name claiming
- or was this stack just being kind (and non standard)?

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Derek Fawcus df@eyrie.demon.co.uk

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