DHCP Doc Patch

[Geoff Silver]

> The paragraph suggests running NetBIOS over TCP/IP *and* NetBEUI at the
> same on the same machine.  This breaks stuff.  Binding NetBIOS to multiple
> transports can cause browser election storms, phantom services, and other
> trouble.

No, I suggest running only NetBIOS over TCP/IP (actually, John Terpstra
does in the original docs), but if the NetBIOS scope isn't properly
initialized, browsing doesn't work *unless* you use both (and then, yes,
it probably will break other things - I've just noticed that browsing
works with NetBEUI when the scope isn't initialized).

> Also, I assume from the text below that the problem with browsing is
> caused by NT4/5 systems which do not properly initialize their scope ID
> and need to have it specified, either manually or via DHCP.  Is this
> correct?  If so, browsing is not the only thing that will break.
>
> Chris -)-----
>
> > Just a small patch to the DHCP FAQ that's included in the textdocs.  This
> > includes notes on the NetBIOS scope, which breaks browsing via Network
> > Neighborhood if it's not included.
> >
> > docs/textdocs/DHCP-Server-Configuration.txt.diff
> >
> >
> >
> > 6a7
> > > Modified:	May 7, 2001 by Geoff Silver <geoff at uslinux.net>
> > ---
> > 99a102
> > > j) NetBIOS Scope
> > 123a127,131
> > > Note that if you are using NT 4.0 or 2000 clients, it is extremely
> > > important that you use the 'netbios-scope' option set null as shown below.
> > > Without this, your clients will not be able to browse Network Neighborhood
> > > without using NetBEUI.
> > >
> > 148a157
> > > 	option netbios-scope "";
> > 158a168
> > > 	option netbios-scope "";
> >
> >
>
>
>

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Geoff Silver					<geoff at uslinux dot net>
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