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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
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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?