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- Path: sparky!uunet!sun-barr!decwrl!pacbell.com!rtech!odinba!phil
- From: phil@BofA.com (Phil Schlesinger)
- Subject: Re: NetBEUI and Routing
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.215326.1257@BofA.com>
- Organization: Bank of America, Capital Products, RMTG #5906
- References: <1e8kpoINN469@george.ukpoit.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 21:53:26 GMT
- Lines: 26
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- In article <1e8kpoINN469@george.ukpoit.co.uk> ian@ukpoit.co.uk (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 ??
- >
- >
- >--
- >Ian Spare , iT , Barker Lane , CHESTERFIELD , DERBYS , S40 1DY , GREAT BRITAIN
- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- > iT - The Information Technology Business Of The Post Office
- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In Tune With Technology ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- NetBEUI is a very very confused term; usually meant to describe
- the LAN protocol underlying the IBM/Microsoft NetBIOS communication
- verb API.
-
- That NetBEUI employs an addressing mechanism which identifies a
- communication node as a MAC address (analogous to UAA Ethernet address
- or Token Ring Adapter number) and a SAP (Service Access Point) within
- that MAC.
-
- While there is no information in the address tuple to indicate the
- WAN or "IP" path to the destination LAN, this problem may be solved in
- other ways ... so it kind of depends on what you mean by
- "non routable" :-)
-