nmbd & netbios name -> many addreses

Christopher R. Hertel crh at nts.umn.edu
Fri Mar 12 05:47:09 GMT 1999


> > The line between the NetBIOS LAN and the TCP/IP network(s) is easy to
> > blurr.
> 
> why?  both are independent transports: one is proxied over the other.

I'm speaking empirically.  It seems that people (myself included) often 
lose track of which system is doing what.

> > The RFCs describe a means of emulating
> 
> proxying.

Emulating.

It depends upon your analysis, I suppose, or perhaps I don't understand 
how you are using the term "proxying" in this context.  I see it as an 
emulation.

Chris -)-----

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