Point-to-point Two systems using SMB protocols for a specific purpose, eg. file
transfer.
Small "intra"nets Some administrative groups run NetBIOS over NetBEUI in order to
isolate their traffic.
Larger multi-segment LANS Large departments and large projects often span subnets,
buildings, and even campuses. Scalability is a factor here.
Cross Border There are a small number of projects that use CIFS across the
University network border.
As noted previously, CIFS is among the file and print sharing systems
which do not currently scale to the University as a whole. It is,
however, used in a variety of different configurations ranging in scale
from small to large.