NetBIOS over TCP/IP

[JM]

How can I configure a dial-up connection to use NetBIOS
over TCP/IP? In Windows XP ther is an option inside
advanced options - WINS (like any LAN connection) but I
don't know how to enable this option in W2K Pro.

Is a default option? Is a registry parameter?

Thank you in advance,

JM

 

[JM]

Thank you Peter. I will try with this configuration the
access to a NT domain with WINS

Thanks again,

JM

 

[Boyd Benson [MS]]

Hi JM,

In Windows2000 (and XP) NetBIOS is enabled by default if TCPIP is
installed. In XP you have the option listed to Disable/Enable NetBIOS, but
in Windows2000 the option is not in the GUI to disable it.

The advice about adding NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compat... is not correct.
That protocol is not NetBIOS over TCP/IP - that is the IPX/SPX protocol.

If the RAS/RRAS server is configured to use a WINS server on it's NIC
(internal NIC if it's a VPN server), then the client will inherit the WINS
setting automatically. So if the RAS/RRAS server is configured correctly,
the client shouldn't have to do anything with the RAS/VPN connectoid.

And for the other statement:
WINS and NetBIOS are not effectively oboslete with Win2k and later. It is
needed for Network Neighborhood browsing (which many applications that
still heavily used rely on - backup software, etc) and is still used as a
name resolution method for clients accessing other machines. I would
rephrase to state that DNS is playing a much more important role now.

Thanks,
Boyd Benson
Microsoft Technical Support

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