Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 19:49:53 -0700 (MST) From: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: NetBIOS across a masquerading gateway Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971014192944.12043A-100000@darkstar.home>
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I don't know if this is quite a -hackers question, but I wanted to access
the expertise in this group. I have received an inquiry about whether it
is possible for NetBIOS over TCP/IP to work through a masquerading gateway
(e.g. natd or ppp -alias).
Normally, when confronted with setting up Windows for Workgroups, I hold
my nose shut and execute whatever mouse clicks and keystrokes seem to get
things working, but without understanding or remembering the slightest bit
about Microsoft networking.
So I have a few questions:
(1) Can Windows networking work over an
IP based wide area network?
(2) If so, can such networking work across
the existing FreeBSD masquerading mechanism
in natd and ppp -alias?
(3) If many-to-one IP masquerading is not
presently compatible with Microsoft networking,
is it at least conceptually possible? Or is it
somehow logically impossible?
-- Charles Mott
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