Re: [Fwd: Re: [LUG] Linux as a print server]

[Jon Still <jon at termisoc.org>]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Aaron Trevena supposedly said:
> 
> I'm pretty sure SAMBA supports NETBEUI as SMB is backwards compatible with
> NETBEUI/BIOS - thats just off the top of my head tho'

Nope.

Samba just provides the SMB services on top of the OS's own network stack,
i.e. NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP).  For NetBEUI support you'll need layer 3
support, i.e. kernel level drivers.

And besides, anyone caught using NetBEUI should be shot.  It's a
nonroutable protocol and doesn't even bridge particularly well.  For
anything apart from Win95 on a single segment for people who can't wrap
thir heads around IP addresses, it's not worth doing.

J.

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