NetBEUI uses just the raw MAC address for destination 00C0ABABCDCD
IPX uses network number and MAC address for destination 1234:00C0ABABCDCD
IP uses partitioned address space for destination 192.168.144.120
NetBIOS is an application-layer protocol, using 15-character string names.
*-- Jeff Hubbs was heard muttering:
Prasanna, I think you're confusing NetBEUI with NetBIOS.
NetBEUI is a protocol in the way that TCP/IP and IPX/SPX are protocols. I'm
not sure if it's a Microsoft invention, but Windows is where you find it.
It is generally only suitable for small office LANs where there is no
Internet connection and no Web usage.
My understanding is that it is fast and low-footprint, but routers can only
pass all NetBEUI traffic or none at all (this is why it's called a "bridged"
or "non-routable" protocol). PCs that run Web browsers (either for Internet
use or just internally) already have to have TCP/IP, so for the most part
(IMHO), NetBEUI isn't useful. However, you'd be surprised at how many
places where it's running on clients anyway, soaking up network bandwidth
and providing nothing.
I suspect that NetBEUI on Linux isn't done and probably isn't going to be.
The situations under which you'd want NetBEUI on Linux seem too easily fixed
in other ways. Are you trying to integrate Linux into a pre-existing
NetBEUI environment and you can't displace NetBEUI with TCP/IP for some
reason? Web usage seems to drive the ubiquity of TCP/IP.
Anyone, please correct me, elaborate, disagree...
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