Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 18:57:28 +0000 From: Matt Thomas <matt@lkg.dec.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NETBEUI for FreeBSD? Any docs? Message-ID: <199501191857.SAA01673@whydos.lkg.dec.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 Jan 1995 10:07:07 PST." <9501191801.AA17322@SIRIUS.COM>
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> 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.
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