Re: Dropping Netbios over TCP?
From: Yor Suiris (yor_at_hallgroupNOT.net)
Date: 10/25/04
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Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:35:20 -0400
Yea, Win2k/XP do not "need" Netbios, But they do need a method of name
resolution for YOUR network. If not Netbios then What do they use to find
resources on Your LAN?
-- Yor Suiris Remove the kNOT to reply. But it is best to share it with the group. "Paul Kraemer" <PaulKraemer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C6C72E41-690E-4FA5-AF03-A7AD8A635202@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > I have a Win2k pc with two network cards (NIC's). The first NIC is used > to > connect me to the Internet through a DSL router. I have it setup to > receive > it's IP address/DNS info automatically. It receives an IP address in the > range 192.168.1.x. The automatically assigned default gateway for this > NIC > is always 192.168.1.1 and the automatically assigned DNS server is always > 192.168.1.2. My internet connection through this NIC works perfectly. > > The second network card is used to connect me to my office LAN. I have > assigned it a static IP address of 192.168.3.1 (where all of the pc's on > the > LAN also have static IP addresses in the 192.168.3.x range). I did not > assign a default gateway or DNS server for this NIC because I want the > other > NIC to be used for getting on the internet. > > Anyway, when I start this pc, I run the following command in a .bat file > to > map a drive letter (w:) to a share on my 192.168.3.x LAN... > > net use w: \\MyServer\MyShare /user:MyServer\netuser password > /persistent:NO > > ...MyServer is another PC on my 192.168.3.x LAN. This command works, but > the log file in my software firewall shows that this command generates > both a > DNS query to my DNS server (192.168.1.2) and some netbios traffic. > > Please correct me if I am wrong, but what I think is happening is > this...My > 'net use' command causes the pc to try to resolve the name \\MyServer. It > tries to use DNS, but this can't work because the DNS server (192.168.1.2) > knows nothing about my 192.168.3.x LAN. This causes it to fall back on > netbios for name resolution. > > If I am correct in my description of what is happening, then my question > is > this....I thought I read somewhere that netbios name resolution in not > necessary in a purely Win2k/XP environment (which mine is). Should I be > able > to do away with it in this situation? Is there anything I can do to allow > DNS to resolve names on my 192.168.3.x LAN if I still want to be able to > use > the 192.168.1.x NIC to get on the internet? > > Any advice will be much appreciated. > > Thanks, > Paul > > > > -- > Paul Kraemer
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