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From: jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: NETBIOS over ethernet/tokenring
Message-ID: <12120@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jul 90 16:21:19 GMT
References: <9007131737.AA12886@vax.ftp.com>
Organization: NetCom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 241-9760 guest}
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In article <9007131737.AA12886@vax.ftp.com> jbvb@vax.ftp.com writes:
>>Does anyone know where I can get the packet layouts for NETBIOS on tokenring?
>>Ie the data packet formats which are inside the token ring data blocks?
>>Are there any standards for NETBIOS over ETHERNET?
>
>Alas, there are many.  NETBIOS can mean either or both of: 1) A
>DOS/Intel Application Programming Interface to a session-layer
>network service, or 2) a transport protocol devised by a manufacturer
>to work under the API.

Treading on potential thin ice...... (-:

There is, apparently a NETBIOS/OSI (standard?) that was (proposed?) by the
MAP/TOP group. AT&T, UB and a few others use it and allows interoperability
between their servers/client. They demonstrated it at some show about a year
ago.

-- 
 John Robert Breeden, 
 netcom!jbreeden@apple.com, apple!netcom!jbreeden, ATTMAIL:!jbreeden
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 "The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose 
  from. If you don't like any of them, you just wait for next year's 
  model."