X-UIDL: 704 X-Mozilla-Keys: Return-Path: os2-wireless_users-owner@2rosenthals.com Received: from mail.2rosenthals.com (localhost [127.0.0.1] ) by mail.2rosenthals.com (Hethmon Brothers Smtpd) ; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 21:52:47 -0400 Received: from mail1.no-ip.com (mail1.no-ip.com [66.185.167.115] ) by mail.2rosenthals.com (Hethmon Brothers Smtpd) ; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 21:52:44 -0400 X-Envelope-To: Received: (qmail 14999 invoked by uid 89); 4 Nov 2003 02:52:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO MAIL03.toast.net) (206.244.185.10) by mail1.no-ip.com with SMTP; 4 Nov 2003 02:52:34 -0000 Received: from 2rosenthals.com (unverified [24.47.134.13]) by MAIL03.toast.net (Vircom SMTPRS 2.1.268) with ESMTP id for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 21:52:07 -0500 Message-ID: <3FA7147B.1080102@2rosenthals.com> Organization: Rosenthal & Rosenthal User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.4.1) Gecko/20030909 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200311021527.hA2FRq9l018241@mail.cruzio.com> In-Reply-To: <200311021527.hA2FRq9l018241@mail.cruzio.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 21:52:43 -0500 Sender: os2-wireless_users-owner X-Listname: os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Reply-To: os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com From: Lewis G Rosenthal To: os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Subject: [OS2Wireless] NetBios limitations X-List-Unsubscribe: Send email to mailusers-request@2rosenthals.com X-List-Owner: mailusers-owner@2rosenthals.com I haven't checked NetBIOS, but I finally got around to testing the latest firmware from Sputnik for their managed AP120 (a "flashed" Artem AP) and their Central Control app (which runs on RedHat 9). Apparent;ly, their stuff doesn't pass through IPX, as my NetWare box was nowhere to be found... :-( In this case, however, the non-routable nature of NetBIOS doesn't apply to this logic, as IPX is indeed routable. Time for a note to Sputnik's development team! On 11/02/2003 10:28 am, Neil Waldhauer thus wrote : >On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 08:32:34 BST, Gerry Prosser wrote: > > > >>My WiFi/Hub/ADSL Router (Vigor 2600We) will not pass raw netbios across >>the wifi interface. Have had to switch my lan to using netbios over >>tcpip. This seems to be a growing trend in only supporting what W* >>support; I presume space is very tight in these multi-function boxes. >> >> > >My D-Link DI-614+ router is the same. I believe that it is on purpose, because >NETBIOS is not "routable". While space is tight in those boxes, they seem to be >pretty good about implementing the basic spec. > > -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------ Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA Rosenthal & Rosenthal Accountants / Network Consultants New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com Team OS/2 / NetWare Users International www.novell.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This OS/2 system (Apollo) uptime is 0 days 00:12 hours and 12 seconds =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "unsubscribe os2-wireless_users" in the body (omit the quotes). For help with other commands, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "help" in the body (omit the quotes). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=