xxseub@osprey.lerc.nasa.gov (Steven Eubanks) (11/24/90)
Continuing my quest for more NetBIOS over TCP information... (Sorry, I'm kind of new to this RFC1001/1002 business) Are there any commercially/PD implementations of P-node or M-node NetBIOS servers/clients?? All the implementations I've seen so far seem to use B-nodes. I suppose that I'm also interested in knowing about NetBIOS name server (NBNS) and datagram distribution (NBDD) implementations as well. Thanks in advance, Steve -- Steven W. Eubanks, EDS/LIMS NASA Lewis Research Center Internet:xxseub@osprey.lerc.nasa.gov 21000 Brookpark Rd. (216)433-8498 Cleveland, OH 44135
jbvb@FTP.COM (James B. Van Bokkelen) (11/29/90)
I have only heard of one P-node/NBNS/NBDD (you can't have one without the others) implementation, done by somebody up in New Hampshire a year or two ago. I got one message from a developer and never have seen it in the market, so it may have died aborning. I don't know what platform they were going to put the NBNS/NBDD on, either... James B. VanBokkelen 26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA 01880 FTP Software Inc. voice: (617) 246-0900 fax: (617) 246-0901
ljm@TWG.COM (12/01/90)
> Are there any commercially/PD implementations of P-node or M-node >NetBIOS servers/clients??... I believe UB, TRW, and CMC have M-node NetBIOS with their onboard TCP/IP products. The big problem with M-node (rather definitionally) is that it doesn't interoperate with all of the B-node implementations which are out there. A number of folk, including ourselves, have implemented NetBIOS to DNS name mapping and/or aliasing to allow NetBIOS over TCP/IP B-node hosts to work over the Internet. To my knowledge, we are the only ones currently shipping product (though I kind of hope James will tell me I'm wrong given his latest release -- that most NetBIOS over TCP/IP implementations provide worse interconnectivity than XNS or NetBEUI is a major embarrassment). enjoy, leo j mclaughlin iii The Wollongong Group ljm@twg.com