Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 15:28:00 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: PLAZAS_CHRISTIAN@mercury.csg.peachnet.edu (Christian) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: TCP/IP questions (not necessarily FreeBSD) Message-ID: <199604262228.PAA28112@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <E50FAB26F8@mercury.csg.peachnet.edu> from "Christian" at Apr 26, 96 01:38:52 pm
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> I am looking for information regarding the relative strengths of > TCP/IP vs. NetBEUI. I realize that this is not really a FreeBSD > question but since I know that many of the people on this list are > either very knowledgeable about TCP/IP or have even written code for > FreeBSD's implementation of TCP/IP, I thought I'd try here first. > I'm not necessarily looking for someone to directly answer my > question, pointers to further information on this topic would be > 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. NetBEUI: o existing standard at some sites o do not need to assign network addresses to machines; machines self identify o overall simpler clinet configuration TCP/IP: o can be routed; your machines can be on the other side of a router or on an IP tunnel over the public internet to create a private intranet. o no "broadcast storms" o offensive machines (for whatever reason) can be tracked by assigned address o offensive machines can be partitioned at router level and identified for illegal use of address (security issues, etc.) o Can interconnect easily with internet o Can run most software requiring NetBEUI over TCP/IP with simple low level stack change (two files publically downladable from the ftp.microsoft.com site) o SL/IP or PPP for remote connectivity over standard modem lines That's without listing by drawbacks, which are much larger for NetBEUI than TCP/IP (example LLC code, etc.). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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