[ale] samba

[Zot O'Connor]

Bob's ALE Mail wrote:
> 
> I recently read that Microsurf's protocol doesn't route.
> 

By definition, NetBios is not a protocol or a network standard, it is an 
API (net Basic Input/Output System).  MS's netowrk talks NetBios.  It is 
easy to implement and cheap to configure.  However, it has not 
networking capabilities.  i.e. it is running diorect command tothe card, 
to the nets.  TCP/IP runs TCP as the protocol, and thus the network, 
using IP datagrams as the standard.  Thus it is routable.  SPX/IPX is 
similar.

So MS's network is not routable as such, but it can be tunnel through 
other protocols (Novell, Token Ring, and of course, TCP/IP).  This is 
how many NT netowrks are setup.


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