"Even very small LAN's now use TCP/IP. NetBEUI is a thing of the past. And where it is used, it is usually used incorrectly. I remember a large corporate network that bridged NetBEUI to over 2,000 nodes and hired me for big bucks to determine why their network was so unstable. Duh" Not true. While possibly ina 2,000 node stack you might experience stability issues NetBEUI is just as or even more stable than TCP/IP stacks in smaller LANs.
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"Even very small LAN's now use TCP/IP. NetBEUI is a thing of the past. And where it is used, it is usually used incorrectly. I remember a large corporate network that bridged NetBEUI to over 2,000 nodes and hired me for big bucks to determine why their network was so unstable. Duh" Not true. While possibly ina 2,000 node stack you might experience stability issues NetBEUI is just as or even more stable than TCP/IP stacks in smaller LANs.