Dear,
Do Meraki Switches Support NetBIOS and BACnet Protocols over L2?
Regards,
There is no information regarding this for MS, only for MR, which by the way is not supported.
It would be a good idea to consult Meraki support.
NetBIOS and BACnet over IP should be fine, but not sure about pure L2. The switch ASICs might well be okay for them, you'd need to test.
Bacnet/Ethernet and NetBios are built on top of 802.3 (aka standard Ethernet) and ride inside of the standard payload area.
As a result, all Ethernet switches will be able to forward the packets within the same VLAN. They won't be routable outside of the VLAN they operate in.
There is also Bacnet/IP - which is not compatible with Bacnet/Ethernet. It rides inside of IP packets. That might be routable between VLANs - I don't know.
Hehe, some people try to think way to far without remembering the basics.
If the L2 protocol is ethernet then the switch will forward it just fine.
Control planes is a different story though.
@GIdenJoe there are a lot of BACnet options and not all use ethernet...
Below from Wikipedia:
The BACnet protocol defines a number of data link and physical layers, including ARCNET, Ethernet, BACnet/IP, BACnet/IPv6, BACnet/MSTP, point-to-point over RS-232, multidrop serial bus with token passing over RS-485, Zigbee, and LonTalk.
Yes that is why i stated "if the L2 protocol is ethernet" 😉