Disabling Netbios over TCP/IP

[Dmitry]

Hi

We have a native mode domain with all Win2K DCs. We have
about 50 Windows NT Workstations on the LAN and 100
Win2k/XP pro machines. The network has been pretty slow,
so we`ve decided to disable Netbios over TCP/IP, and
remove WINS from the network. My question is , will
Windows NT workstations be able to logon to domain, I
don`t rememember if NT supports SRV records, and also
what are the other known effects of removing WINS , and
Netbios? None of our applications relies on NetBios, so
why not remove it and improve network performance.

Thanks

 

[David H. Lipman]

Win2K and WinXP support SMB file and print sharing via TCP/UDP port 445. WinNT4 does NOT.

Dave



| Hi
|
| We have a native mode domain with all Win2K DCs. We have
| about 50 Windows NT Workstations on the LAN and 100
| Win2k/XP pro machines. The network has been pretty slow,
| so we`ve decided to disable Netbios over TCP/IP, and
| remove WINS from the network. My question is , will
| Windows NT workstations be able to logon to domain, I
| don`t rememember if NT supports SRV records, and also
| what are the other known effects of removing WINS , and
| Netbios? None of our applications relies on NetBios, so
| why not remove it and improve network performance.
|
| Thanks