mshiels@tmsoft.uucp (Michael A. Shiels) (07/11/90)
Does anyone know where I can get the packet layouts for NETBIOS on tokenring? Ie the data packet formats which are inside the token ring data blocks? Are there any standards for NETBIOS over ETHERNET?
jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM ("James B. Van Bokkelen") (07/14/90)
>Does anyone know where I can get the packet layouts for NETBIOS on tokenring? >Ie the data packet formats which are inside the token ring data blocks? >Are there any standards for NETBIOS over ETHERNET? Alas, there are many. NETBIOS can mean either or both of: 1) A DOS/Intel Application Programming Interface to a session-layer network service, or 2) a transport protocol devised by a manufacturer to work under the API. RFCs 1001/1002 describe how TCP/IP can be used as a transport for a NETBIOS API, and give packet formats. There is at least a proposed standard for how the API should use OSI TP transport. A great number of manufacturers (Novell, 3Com, Banyan, etc, etc) have implemented their own proprietary transport hacks, based on XNS, or 802.2 LLC2, or completely homebrew. IBM's 802.5 NETBIOS packet encapsulation is mostly explained the by IEEE 802.2 document: study LLC2. James B. VanBokkelen 26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA 01880 FTP Software Inc. voice: (617) 246-0900 fax: (617) 246-0901
jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden) (07/14/90)
In article <9007131737.AA12886@vax.ftp.com> jbvb@vax.ftp.com writes: >>Does anyone know where I can get the packet layouts for NETBIOS on tokenring? >>Ie the data packet formats which are inside the token ring data blocks? >>Are there any standards for NETBIOS over ETHERNET? > >Alas, there are many. NETBIOS can mean either or both of: 1) A >DOS/Intel Application Programming Interface to a session-layer >network service, or 2) a transport protocol devised by a manufacturer >to work under the API. Treading on potential thin ice...... (-: There is, apparently a NETBIOS/OSI (standard?) that was (proposed?) by the MAP/TOP group. AT&T, UB and a few others use it and allows interoperability between their servers/client. They demonstrated it at some show about a year ago. -- John Robert Breeden, netcom!jbreeden@apple.com, apple!netcom!jbreeden, ATTMAIL:!jbreeden ------------------------------------------------------------------- "The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from. If you don't like any of them, you just wait for next year's model."