From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 19 15:02:20 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id PAA02626 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 15:02:20 -0800 Received: from inet-gw-3.pa.dec.com (inet-gw-3.pa.dec.com [16.1.0.33]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id PAA02620 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 15:02:18 -0800 Received: from muggsy.lkg.dec.com by inet-gw-3.pa.dec.com (5.65/10Aug94) id AA29801; Thu, 19 Jan 95 14:56:48 -0800 Received: from whydos.lkg.dec.com by muggsy.lkg.dec.com (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) with SMTP id AA23275; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 17:52:28 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whydos.lkg.dec.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA01673 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 18:57:29 GMT Message-Id: <199501191857.SAA01673@whydos.lkg.dec.com> X-Authentication-Warning: whydos.lkg.dec.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NETBEUI for FreeBSD? Any docs? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 Jan 1995 10:07:07 PST." <9501191801.AA17322@SIRIUS.COM> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.5omega 10/6/94 Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 18:57:28 +0000 From: Matt Thomas Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Perhaps NetBEUI is smaller is total size, but it bites your low > memory -- TCP/IP can be run on windows machines as VXD without > impacting low memory. As does NETBEUI in Workgroup for Windows. Most of the support for NETBEUI already exists in FreeBSD in the netccitt directory. NETBEUI is little more than LLC2 (ISO 8802.2 Class 2) with SMB running over it. LLC2 is really LAPB slightly hacked to works over LANs. netccitt already has the LAPB engine, someone needs to add in the LAN support (as well as getting the right hooks in ethersubr). However, you could implement LLC2 in user space using the Berkeley packet filter and then steal lots of Samba's code. Even better would be separate out the "transport" specific elements of Samba so you can plug in either the RFC1001/RFC1002 TCP support or the LLC2/NETBEUI support. Matt Thomas Internet: matt@lkg.dec.com U*X Networking WWW URL: http://ftp.dec.com/%7Ethomas/ Digital Equipment Corporation Disclaimer: This message reflects my Littleton, MA own warped views, etc.