KCM@BYUADMIN.BITNET (Kelly McDonald) (10/26/87)
Someone asked the question of how we are integrating PC lans into the Internet world. Because the KA9Q code has such a complete tcp implementation, we have written a Netbios driver for it, that allows it to be run over a netbios network such as Novell. We utilize a PC as a gateway from the PC net to the campus ethernet. This will allow stations on the PC net to telnet and ftp to our campus hosts etc. In addition, the PC net doesn't have to be ethernet, but rather any network that supports the Netbios '5C' interface. I don't have any performance characteristics yet, but have just utilized it on small PC Lans. This is not derived from the Netbios implementation that Ying-Da Lee of Univ. of Wisc. has developed for the CMU code. His product offers a way to integrate the CMU PCIP code into a PC lan environment.
jac@UMD5.UMD.EDU ("Joseph A. Cimmino Jr.") (10/27/87)
If I understand you correctly, you're mentioning two methods of encapsulating TCP/IP on top of NetBios. Versus the RFC-1001/2 encapsulation of NetBios on TCP/IP. Do the two methods interoperate? Since you mention Int 5c, I also presume that it is LAN independent. The performance would suffer going through a NetBios then a direct NetWare or IBM ASI (TRN & PCN/II) interface. If both interoperate, is there a specification available? Thanks. ------------------------------ Joseph A. Cimmino, Jr. University of Maryland, Systems jac@umd5.umd.edu 1+ 301 454 2946 PC/IP Group cimminoj@umdd.bitnet Bertolt Brecht: You made your bed, so you lie in it.