Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 05:37:36 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: PLAZAS_CHRISTIAN@mercury.csg.peachnet.edu (Christian) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: TCP/IP questions (not necessarily FreeBSD) Message-ID: <199604262007.FAA05765@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <E50FAB26F8@mercury.csg.peachnet.edu> from "Christian" at Apr 26, 96 01:38:52 pm
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Christian stands accused of saying: > greatly appreciated. I would like to have some factual information > on this topic because there are these Microsoft-brainwashed weenies > here at my school that were claiming that NetBEUI was better than > TCP/IP because xxx, and because yyy. I want to be able to claim that > TCP/IP is better because xxx, and also because yyy. xxx and yyy > would of course be reasons provided by somebody on the list or from > some other source. *chuckle*. The correct answer here is "go read a book on NetBEUI (if you can find one), and go read any of the dozens of books on TCP/IP and friends". Here's one worth thinking about : you can't (usefully) route NetBEUI. (And before someone pops in and talks about bridging domains, I contend that's not routing. 8) > Christian Plazas <plazas_christian@cc.csg.peachnet.edu> -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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