Configuring Data Link Switching for SNA and NetBIOS Networks

This chapter describes how to configure data link switching on your system to connect networks running IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA) and NetBIOS traffic over Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) using the IBM Data Link Switching (DLSw) Protocol.

For conceptual information on how data link switching works, see "How Data Link Switching Works" later in this chapter and RFC 1795. The 3Com implementation of DLSw is based on this standard. Also, to simplify configuration, you can use DLSw multicast. For more information, see the Configuring Multicast Data Link Switching for NetBIOS and SNA Networks chapter.