rb@diab.se (Rune Br{nnstr|m) (07/07/89)
Netland citizens! From where can I get a public domain source for a RFC1001/2 compliant "NetBIOS on TCP/IP" implementation. A source targeted for a Unix box is preferred, but anything will go. Please e-mail Your hints, comments, sources, etc., to me ASAP.
jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM (James Van Bokkelen) (07/10/89)
Date: 7 Jul 89 09:38:16 GMT
From: Rune Br{nnstr|m <mcvax!kth!sunic!diab!rb@uunet.uu.net>
Organization: Diab Data AB, Taby, Sweden
>From where can I get a public domain source for a
RFC1001/2 compliant "NetBIOS on TCP/IP" implementation.
A source targeted for a Unix box is preferred, but
anything will go.
I don't know of any that are public-domain, or even non-commercial freeware.
NETBIOS is a rather dirty protocol to work with, and academic developers
are typically satisfied with Telnet, FTP and perhaps remote printing. Also,
if any other TCP/IP applications are to run while the NETBIOS is active on
a DOS machine, the TCP/IP has to be shareable by multiple different software
modules. None of the p-d developers have done this yet, so they would have
a *lot* of work in front of them.
For Unix, I know Syntax, in Redmond, WA, has a SMB file-server application
which is available using RFC 1001/1002 as the transport layer. Also, SCO's
Xenix-Net product can be configured to use RFC 1001/1002 transport from
a couple of vendors.
For DOS, you can get RFC 1001/1002 NETBIOSes from us (add-on to
PC/TCP), Excelan, Ungermann-Bass, CMC, 3Com (for the Bridge
68000-based smart card) and Interlan (I think they have one for their
NP600 smart board). Note that ours is the only one which runs host-based
on dumb cards (and we take up a good deal of memory doing so).
James B. VanBokkelen 26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA 01880
FTP Software Inc. voice: (617) 246-0900 fax: (617) 246-0901