Re: Dropping Netbios over TCP?

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From: Paul Kraemer (PaulKraemer_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:45:03 -0700

Thanks Doug...I moved the LAN connection for the 192.168.3.1 NIC up in the
binding order, but I still get the DNS query in the log. If I disable
Netbios over TCP/IP, my 'net use' command no longer works.

Yor posed the question earlier, but I don't know the answer....Do you know
of anything I can do (hosts file maybe?) that would allow DNS to resolve
names on my 192.168.3.x LAN so that I could disable Netbios over TCP/IP?

"Doug Sherman [MVP]" wrote:

> Try this:
>
> Right click My Network Places and select Properties. Click Advanced and
> select Advanced Settings. Move the Local Area Connection for the NIC with
> IP address of 192.168.3.1 to the top of the binding order.
>
> Doug Sherman
> MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
>
> "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
> >
> >
> >
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