[ILUG] kernel 2.6.2 Netbeui

[John Mc Donald]

I whole heartedly agree. However I am unfortunately in a situation where 
  someone has shared out some data (that I unfortunately need) using 
this (God forsaken) protocol. They also have it in their head that doing 
it any other way would cause all sorts of nightmares to unfold. Trying 
to make them understand that they are already in the nightmare, and it's 
called NetBEUI is fruitless....This person is also meant to be tech 
savy....Go figure!!!


John.

Colm Buckley wrote:
> On 10 Feb 2004, at 09:59, John Mc Donald wrote:
> 
>> I have read that Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo has implemented NetBEUI and 
>> integrated it into the 2.6 kernel. I have 2.6.2 but don't see any 
>> entry in the kernel config for it. Can anyone tell me what's the 
>> status of this? Do I need to get a patch?
> 
> 
> You actually *want* NetBEUI?  (I'm trying hard not to say "Are you 
> *insane*?")
> 
> Seriously, I can't think of a scenario where you'd be better off adding 
> NetBEUI support to Linux than removing it from the rest of the network, 
> however many machines it it.  NetBEUI is an appalling protocol, 
> demonstrating serious confusion on Microsoft's part as to the 
> distinction between the network layer and the datalink layer...
> 
> *shudder*
> 
>     Colm
> 

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