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- From: johnson@tigger.jvnc.net (Steven L. Johnson)
- Subject: Re: IPX and NetBios routing/bridging?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.195321.3568@tigger.jvnc.net>
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- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 19:53:21 GMT
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- rfranken@cs.umr.edu (Richard Brett Frankenberger) writes:
-
- >Novell also makes an implementation of NetBIOS. It uses IPX as the protocol
- >for communication across the LAN between workstations. Since IPX is routable
- >(and you are already routing IPX), if you used Novell's NetBIOS, you would not
- >have to change anything on the routers.
-
- My understanding is that novell helper-address's must be configured to
- properly route or flood NetBios broadcasts. At least that is what
- I had to do when users started running NetBios applications across a
- Cisco WAN. A minor but necessary change.
-
- -Steve
-