"M.Miura" said:I need to restore NetBEUI protocol to share some folders on my XP. Yet it's
not listed the protocol selection anymore. How can I restore the protocol?
Any suggestion greatly appreciated.
M.M.
M.Miura said:I need to restore NetBEUI protocol to share some folders on my XP. Yet it's
not listed the protocol selection anymore. How can I restore the protocol?
Any suggestion greatly appreciated.
Steve Winograd said:If you don't mind my asking, why do you need NetBEUI? It's an
unsupported protocol in Windows XP, and Microsoft recommends not using
it. The TCP/IP protocol is sufficient for all common networking
needs.
"John R Weiss" said:If he's like many of us, for some reason TCP/IP does not work for our needs "out
of the box." NETBEUI often solves networking problems in a small home network
without a lot of time and fuss.
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Steve Winograd said:Interesting point, John. If you install NetBEUI, I recommend
un-binding File and Printer Sharing from TCP/IP, as I describe here:
Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm
In my experience, problems with TCP/IP networking are almost always
caused by an incorrectly configured firewall.
However, NetBEUI's days are numbered. There's no option to install it
in Windows Vista.
I ended up installing NetBEUI about 3 weeks ago to install a brand new
network printer switch for a client. Rather than purchasing the one
that I specified, his secretary (God bless her) went with a model that
was 'on sale'. Turns it the only way to access the initial setup on it
was to install NetBEUI on a Microsoft XP machine.
In my research, I found that there are still quite a few pieces of
equipment out there, mostly sold to people needing to run in a
multi-client network (in the case, PC's and older Macs). If you do any
support in environments like that, make sure to take a close look at
wht you buy.
Malcolm
"John R Weiss" said:I've used NETBEUI extensively in mixed-OS environments, starting with WFWG
3.11/Win95 (with Novell and a Token-ring net!) and going all the way to a XP
Pro/XP Home LAN. Fortunately, XP Pro is more well behaved than the previous Win
versions, so I have not had to use NETBEUI on my XP Pro/Win2K LAN.
In none of those cases were firewalls the culprit, because there were no
software firewalls at all involved during initial installations, and only one
instance of a dedicated hardware firewall (behind which the entire LAN existed).
I agree that NETBEUI as a "universal antidote" SHOULD not be required, but the
fact is that it is considered as such by many people.
Steve said:I understand using NetBEUI in the days of WFWG 3.11, which didn't
include TCP/IP in the original release. Microsoft provided TCP/IP
later as a free download.
I've set up lots of mixed-OS environments since then, and TCP/IP has
always worked right out of the box. I remove NetBEUI when I find it
on a client's network.
So here's a summary of my view on the subject:
1. It's OK to use NetBEUI, but you won't be able to do it in Vista.
2. If you use it, un-bind File and Printer Sharing from TCP/IP.
3. NetBEUI is never necessary in a typical Windows network.
4. There's some unusual hardware, like Malcolm mentioned, that
requires it, at least during initial setup.
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