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From: karl@TRWIND.IND.TRW.COM (Karl Auerbach)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re:  IP in netbios datagrams.
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Date: 10 May 88 22:23:27 GMT
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> I would assume that we all agree that we should simply place raw
> IP packets in the netbios datagram without any further encapsulation?

I don't agree:
	1) Some netbios implementations do name discovery for EACH
	   outgoing datagram -- this tends to triple the net traffic,
	   and much of this is usually broadcast.
	2) Other netbios datagrams broadcast netbios datagrams -- without
	   name discovery the sender does not know whether the target name
	   is a group or unique name.

In both these cases, the b'cast activity places a burden on every node
of the net.

			--karl--