Netbios and BACnet Protocols over Meraki switches

[Captain]

Dear,

Do Meraki Switches Support NetBIOS and BACnet Protocols over L2? 

Regards,

[alemabrahao]

There is no information regarding this for MS, only for MR, which by the way is not supported.

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Client_Addressing_and_Bridging/Wireless_support_of_NetBIOS_name_...

It would be a good idea to consult Meraki support.

[cmr]

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.

[PhilipDAth]

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.

[GIdenJoe]

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.

[cmr]

@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.

[GIdenJoe]

Yes that is why i stated "if the L2 protocol is ethernet" 😉