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From: glass@anableps.berkeley.edu (Brett Glass)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: NetBIOS Datagrams: Potential Incompatibility in RFC 1001
Summary: Followup with references
Keywords: RFC 1001, RFC 1002, NetBIOS
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Date: 15 Mar 89 18:09:56 GMT
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The following is a list of references on the NetBIOS API which may
prove useful to those interested in the mechanics of NetBIOS
datagrams.  In these works, the technical descriptions of the Receive
Datagram command differ from the specifications set forth in RFCs
1001 and 1002 in that one incoming datagram does NOT satisfy all
matching commands. This convention is followed by most (perhaps
all) real-world implementations of NetBIOS.

Schwaderer, W. David. "C Programmer's Guide to NetBIOS." Indianapolis,
 Indiana: Howard W. Sams, Inc. 1988. ISBN 0-672-22638-3.

 This book, written by an IBM employee, gives a detailed description
 of NetBIOS programming in C. On page 252, in the description of
 the Receive Datagram Command, the author states: 

 "If an adapter has several Receive Datagram commands pending for the
  same name, the next Send Datagram command satisfies ONLY ONE
  [emphasis mine] of the Receive Datagram commands."

"Technical Reference: IBM PC Network." First Edition (September 1984).
 Armonk, New York: IBM Corporation 1984. Part number 6322916.

  This manual is the authoritative reference on NetBIOS. It does not
  indicate that more than one Receive Datagram command should be
  satisfied by a single incoming datagram, but explicitly indicates
  that all Receive Broadcast Datagram commands are to be satisfied
  by a single broadcast datagram.

"VMD\NET-ARC Product Referemnce Reference Manual." Vancouver, BC: Virtual 
 Machine Technology, Inc. 1988. Document number VMD-NA-REF-1987-10

  This is a reference manual for a non-IBM NetBIOS program,
  representative of many now on the market. On page 2-27, it states:
  "RECEIVE DATAGRAMs for the name are satisfied on a first in, first 
  complete basis."

--Brett Glass