whwb@ciba-geigy.ch (Hans W. Barz) (02/04/91)
Since we are interested in LM/X I tried to find out, who has really implemented the RFC1001 correctly. RFC1001 has some nice mechanism build in to avoid broadcast over internets. The interface on the 'otherwise broadcasting' client sends a request to the domain server instead. New servers announce their server capabilities to the domain server as well - this is kind of a new feature for DNS (interactive update from client). As a matter of fact no one seems to have implemented it. Only Ungermann/Bass seems to have plans to do it and they are also delivering an interface to LAN Manager. Has somebody more information on that ? Hans W. Barz, R.1045.3.34, CIBA-GEIGY, 4002 Basel, Switzerland Internet/uucp-Mail: whwb@CIBA-GEIGY.CH X.400: C=CH;A=ARCOM;P=CIBA-GEIGY;OU=CHCGBS30;S=BARZ;G=HANS;I=W phone: +41/61/6974520 fax: +41/61/6973288
martino@logitek.co.uk (Martin O'Nions) (02/08/91)
whwb@ciba-geigy.ch (Hans W. Barz) writes: >Since we are interested in LM/X I tried to find out, who has really >implemented the RFC1001 correctly. RFC1001 has some nice mechanism build in to >avoid broadcast over internets. The interface on the 'otherwise broadcasting' >client sends a request to the domain server instead. New servers announce >their server capabilities to the domain server as well - this is kind of a new >feature for DNS (interactive update from client). >As a matter of fact no one seems to have implemented it. Only Ungermann/Bass >seems to have plans to do it and they are also delivering an interface to LAN >Manager. >Has somebody more information on that ? I could be wrong, but if I remember correctly, RFC1001 does allow for only a subset of the three transmission types to be implemented (although the usefulness of such a system could be questioned). A recent post stating that Hewlett-Packard's implementation worked across different logical IP networks would appear to imply that HP do provide the Datagram and Name Service handlers necessary for P and M type topologies - it was on this point that our attempts to link 3Com's RFC NetBIOS LAN Manager server, and SCO's ODT client failed, despite attempts to configure a NetBIOS agent. We still don't know if either of the implementations supports the agent, or if we simply couldn't find out how to use it properly...... I look forward to a full implementation from somebody. Martin -- DISCLAIMER: All My Own Work (Unless stated otherwise) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin O'Nions Logitek Group Support martino@logitek.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Auntie did you feel no pain / Falling from that willow tree? Could you do it, please again / 'Cos my friend here didn't see. (Harry Graham - Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes)