Re: Routable NetBEUI

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From: Bob Baggerman
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:14

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Ian Spare writes:
>It is my understanding that the NetBEUI protocol is non-routable I have 
>been told ( at a rumour level !! ) that it is intended to make it a routable
>protocol, would anyone care to comment on this ??

That would surprise me a lot.  I guess my first question is "Why"?  If you
need something routable why not use a NetBIOS based on a routable protocol
like TCP/IP, XNS, OSI, IPX, or DECnet?  NetBEUI is small and fast.  I'd
prefer to keep it that way, minus the extra overhead of making it routable.

Bob

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