01-18-2003 09:41 AM - edited 03-02-2019 04:19 AM
what layer does netbios operate at. netbios names operate at the session layer, but a practice exam from cisco says that the protocol operates at layer 2.
01-19-2003 03:36 AM
Hi,
This is how i learned this, but maybe im wrong...
NetBIOS/NetBEUI was not designed to map to OSI model. You can run NetBEUI over LLC (802.2) or NetBIOS over TCP. SMB service operate at the upper layers.
Depending of choice;
When running over a 802.2 network, SMB service relay on NetBIOS on the session layer, NetBIOS relays on NetBEUI runing on layer 2/3.
When running over TCP, SMB/NetBIOS is encapsulated as a session layer.
01-19-2003 10:27 AM
thanks for that. it seems to make some more sense now.
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