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Article #315Re: Routable NetBEUI
From: Ian Spare
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 14:00
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 14:00
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In article <75444@hydra.gatech.EDU> bob@comlab.gatech.edu (Bob Baggerman) writes:
>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.
>
I assume from the almost deafening silence on this that the rumour is untrue,
I also can't the point but I thought I'd ask !!
Ian
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Ian Spare , iT , Barker Lane , CHESTERFIELD , DERBYS , S40 1DY , GREAT BRITAIN
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!uknet!vision!ukpoit!not-for-mail From: ian@ukpoit.co.uk (Ian Spare) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.misc Subject: Re: Routable NetBEUI Message-ID: <1eqo57INN1kj@george.ukpoit.co.uk> Date: 23 Nov 92 14:00:07 GMT References: <1edod4INNrc1@george.ukpoit.co.uk> <75444@hydra.gatech.EDU> Reply-To: ian@ukpoit.co.uk (Ian Spare) Organization: iT - The Information Technology Business Of The Post Office Lines: 25 NNTP-Posting-Host: george.ukpoit.co.uk