I have NetBEUI docs

Aaron Burt (aaronb@eskimo.com)
Thu, 26 Aug 1999 15:19:36 -0700 (PDT)


Well, a very nice fellow at IBM Web Library
(http://weblib.mainz.ibm.com:8080/go/weblib/Welcome.html) sent me an
electronic copy of the IBM Local Area Network Technical Reference. It's
kind of old (Dec. 1990) but it describes wire-level NetBEUI, info I
haven't found anywhere else. Features have been added since then, but I
think this'll do to get a basic implementation going.

They are copyrighted, so I seriously doubt I could simply make the docs
available, but the first thing I intend to do is summarize it into a
simple spec. I don't have a clue how to implement a LAN protocol in
Linux, but I'll see what I can do.

I remember NetBEUI coming up occasionally here. If you have any interest,
skills or info, feel free to contact me. I'll announce when I have useful
info up.

NetBEUI is waning in popularity, but it is a fast protocol and, like IPX,
useful in legacy environments. Like DLC, it's commonly used for network
printers.

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