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From: phil@Apple.COM (Phil Ronzone)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: The Relationship Between TCP/IP and B-Net?
Keywords: TCP/IP, B-Net, BSD 4.3
Message-ID: <25858@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 Feb 89 17:36:27 GMT
References: <468@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer A/UX Group
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In article <468@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu> eberard@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Edward Berard) writes:
>I am looking for information regarding TCP/IP and B-Net. Specifically,
>I would like either an explanation of their relationship, ...
>Are there any good self-contained references on B-Net? (I am not
>even sure if "B-Net" is a generic name, or a vendor-specific term.)

B-NET stands for Berkeley NETworking. It is the name supplied to the BSD 4.x
networking code ported over to A/UX (which is System V based). A reasonable
reference is the A/UX manual "A/UX Communications User's Guide".

B-NET (or BNET) the term was coined by UniSoft. UniSoft has spelled it both
ways for a number of years.

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