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when i disable netbios over tcpip in tcpip properties. I cannot connect to
our network printers.?

Any suggestions please
 
Can't connect to, or can't browse? The latter makes sense....are you using
real network printers (with internal print server cards & an assigned IP
address on your network) or sharing a printer from a workstation?
 
But shared from the server (as in, installed as a local printer using a
TCP/IP port on the server)?
If you're trying to browse for printers (or shared anything) you can't do it
with NetBIOS over TCP/IP disabled - that's what browsing uses. You can still
"blind map" and so forth.

Are you trying to browse for the printer, or are you trying to directly
connect to the share by setting up a network printer on your workstation and
typing in the share name? \\server\printername

using real network printers

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
Can't connect to, or can't browse? The latter makes sense....are you
using real network printers (with internal print server cards & an
assigned IP address on your network) or sharing a printer from a
workstation?
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I have come across this article and thought i'll disable netbios over
tcpip - but then i encountered the problem in not finding the printers. The
part of the article below

'
NetBIOS is an ancient session-level interface and transport protocol
developed by IBM to network together PCs. It is a broadcast-based,
non-routable and insecure protocol, and it scales poorly mostly because it
was designed with a flat namespace. Since the late 1980s Microsoft has
adopted NetBIOS for their LAN Manager product, and from there it found its
way into early versions of Windows and all the way into Windows NT. '



"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
But shared from the server (as in, installed as a local printer using a
TCP/IP port on the server)?
If you're trying to browse for printers (or shared anything) you can't do it
with NetBIOS over TCP/IP disabled - that's what browsing uses. You can still
"blind map" and so forth.

Are you trying to browse for the printer, or are you trying to directly
connect to the share by setting up a network printer on your workstation and
typing in the share name? \\server\printername

using real network printers

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
Can't connect to, or can't browse? The latter makes sense....are you
using real network printers (with internal print server cards & an
assigned IP address on your network) or sharing a printer from a
workstation?

jibriel wrote:
when i disable netbios over tcpip in tcpip properties. I cannot
connect to our network printers.?

Any suggestions please
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Yes, this is all true - but you haven't answered my questions. I don't
disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP - if you want to manage broadcasts, use WINS,
which will make it behave, but this is probably not necessary in a small
network.
I have come across this article and thought i'll disable netbios over
tcpip - but then i encountered the problem in not finding the
printers. The part of the article below

'
NetBIOS is an ancient session-level interface and transport protocol
developed by IBM to network together PCs. It is a broadcast-based,
non-routable and insecure protocol, and it scales poorly mostly
because it was designed with a flat namespace. Since the late 1980s
Microsoft has adopted NetBIOS for their LAN Manager product, and from
there it found its way into early versions of Windows and all the way
into Windows NT. '



"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
But shared from the server (as in, installed as a local printer
using a TCP/IP port on the server)?
If you're trying to browse for printers (or shared anything) you
can't do it with NetBIOS over TCP/IP disabled - that's what browsing
uses. You can still "blind map" and so forth.

Are you trying to browse for the printer, or are you trying to
directly connect to the share by setting up a network printer on
your workstation and typing in the share name? \\server\printername

using real network printers

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
message Can't connect to, or can't browse? The latter makes sense....are
you using real network printers (with internal print server cards
& an assigned IP address on your network) or sharing a printer
from a workstation?

jibriel wrote:
when i disable netbios over tcpip in tcpip properties. I cannot
connect to our network printers.?

Any suggestions please
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