[last?] Re: nmbd & netbios name -> many addreses

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl at switchboard.net
Fri Mar 12 18:11:03 GMT 1999


pierre, this is a good & funny explanation of NetBIOS and Browsing.

> And guess what ? It works like MS wants : with an NT server on every net,
> even if multiprotocol over NetBIOS envs., except in SOME precise cases :
> 
> [...]

additional case:

- when a DMB or LMB from NT4 SP3 and above has "SMB signing" enabled OR
requested-but-not-required, Win9X cannot obtain a browse list from it and
will instantly (under 0.5 seconds) report "the network neighbourhood is
unavailable".



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