Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!BYUADMIN.BITNET!KCM From: KCM@BYUADMIN.BITNET (Kelly McDonald) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: IP in netbios datagrams. Message-ID: <8805101544.aa23958@Louie.UDEL.EDU> Date: 10 May 88 19:34:43 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 8 I'm in favor of the generic name that Dick mentioned to standardize IP in netbios, but I believe that the netbios name limit is 16 bytes and the one he proposes could have a maximum of 18 bytes. I believe that the IP address format is unique enough that labeling it with "IP:" is not necessary. I would suggest that we simply stick to the "nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn" format (in ascii characters) as the netbios name that is used to send and receive datagrams. I would assume that we all agree that we should simply place raw IP packets in the netbios datagram without any further encapsulation?