[wellylug] NETBEUI on Ubuntu

[John Durham]

Phillip Hutchings wrote:
> On 10/14/06, John Durham <johndurh at spunge.org> wrote:
>> I'm setting up a web server connected to the local network (thanks
>> Daniel for all your help). Copying of files to it is proving difficult
>> at times with TCP/IP. If I could install NETBEUI it would make things
>> easier.
>
> I seriously doubt IP is your problem, since most NETBEUI chat is just
> encapsulated in IP these days. Can you outline your problem? Many of
> us use SMB/CIFS to transfer files on a daily basis with no problems,
> so there is most likely something odd with your setup.
>
In the past, when TCP/IP was reluctant to share files locally, NETBEUI 
made it simple. I was just extending the idea to the Linux environment 
of Ubuntu. From the tenor of some messages it may not apply well.