David Eckard wrote:

> In , on 12/15/2004 
>    at 12:30 PM, Kris Steenhaut  said:
> 
> 
>>What is "peer-to-peer networking"
> 
> 
> A completely different protocol known as netbios/netbeui.  They don't
> require TCP/IP but the ususal way to implement it is to make netbios ride
> as TCP/IP data.



Actually, "peer-to-peer networking" is not "contingent" on
netbios/netbeui.

"peer-to-peer networking" is a form of Networking, comparable to 
"Client/Server".

IANAIE (I am NOT an Internet Expert)



In "Client/Server", you (the OS/2-eCS workstation) are the Client, and 
you connect to the Server to Read or Write Files, or Print, or even 
"access" (Pun Intended) a Data Base (DB/2 of course!!).  In this 
"scenario", you only need "Client" software to be
"functional" on the 
Network.
In "peer-to-peer networking", you (the OS/2-eCS workstation) have BOTH 
the Client to access a Server "as well as" a Server, so that you can 
share your Files and Printers (and [IIRC] Modems).  Windows limits how 
many connections to your "machine" can be made, but IIRC OS/2 is not 
limited.

All the "Client/Server" or "peer-to-peer networking" is
done on a 
Transport Protocol, which can be netbios/netbeui, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX 
(Novell)  or even DLC/LLC. "Netbios/Netbeui" has an issue on LARGE 
networks, in that it can not be Routed between "segments" of the Network 
like TCP/IP and IPX/SPX can be.  MicroSoft works around this 
"limitation" by placing NetBIOS "packets" inside TCP/IP
"packets"  To 
have OS/2-eCS communicate with Windows computers setup this way, you 
need to enable the "NetBIOS over TCP/IP" in MPTS.
See:
http://www.lesbell.com.au/Intranet.nsf/0/fb87e2c56ee484e8ca256a2f002e7492?OpenDocument>


All this "networking" on various "protocols" happens on
your Physical 
Network, which can be Ethernet, Token Ring, ARC Net, or some other 
"hardware".

At one time or another I have worked with Some or All of the above.. 
Somewhere I have a pair of 8 bit Arc Net cards, and a Token Ring 4/16 
PCMCIA card.




> 
> It contains all the tools for shareing resources between computers,
> usually drives or directories.
> 
> 
> David Eckard 
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It is a wild world out there!!!!

MarkO


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