Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!CSL.SRI.COM!AUERBACH From: AUERBACH@CSL.SRI.COM.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: PC LANs, NETBIOS and UNIX Message-ID: <8703250610.AA20384@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Tue, 24-Mar-87 22:51:44 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8703250610.AA20384 Posted: Tue Mar 24 22:51:44 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 26-Mar-87 05:37:58 EST References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 28 Approved: tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa The NetBIOS-over-TCP group is alive and well. Two RFCs have been written. RFC 1001 is an overview of the operation of the protocols. RFC 1002 describes the packet representations and gives pseudo-code for the various protocol engines. I have not yet seen the notice announcing that the documents are available on the NIC. The protocols were expressly designed so that one could implement them on a Un*x system without kernel mods. The "SMB" protocol is the most common NetBIOS-based application for doing remote virtual disks and printers. This is what the IBM PC network program uses. Hearsay has it that Novell does not conform to either NetBIOS or SMB, based on an assertion that NetBIOS or SMB would lead to sub-optimal performance. There ARE SMB server products available for Un*x. Unfortunately, I can't remember the vendors. Until images are posted to the NIC, copies may be a bit hard to come by. I believe you can get a paper copy from Amatzia Ben-Artzi at Sytek. When you do get a copy, please read it and send comments to either the editor (me) or the chairman, as listed in the RFCs. --karl-- (Karl Auerbach, Epilogue Technology Corp.) -------