Re: How do i share files / printers without netbios

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1. NetBIOS indeed generates broadcast traffic; however, the practical
benefit of traffic reduction from turning it off is unpredictable - kind of
trial and error. The usual fix is to implement WINS rather than disable
NetBIOS.

2. If this is an Active directory domain, then the server and all clients
must point only to the server's 192.x.x.x.address for DNS. To provide DNS
resolution of Internet names you configure forwarders on the internal DNS
server to point to the ISP's 84.x.x.x address(es):

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/Opera
tions/d2b0bb80-0eb8-40a3-8454-6e683403c36f.mspx

If the Forwarders tab is greyed out, delete "." zone.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Andy Dowell" <AndyDowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5EF72241-5229-40EE-9BDE-7F1532F1BC65@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks for replying doug. Would disabling netbios have any great impact on
> our network traffic or are its results negligable.
> I have also found out that out dns server is incorrectly setup. It appears
> to be setup to resolve all domains ending in .co.uk This of course means
that
> it will never query the internet to resolve .co.uk domain names
> I suspect that because of this the primary and secondary dns are
configured
> as 84.x.x.x instead of our internal server at 192.x.x.x. This is probably
> slowing our network down far more than the netbios issue.
> I have read plenty of articles of how to setup dns from stratch, but not
> entirely sure how to repair damaged dns.
> If anybody could tell me how to change the domain name resolution and then
> reconfigure the primary and secondary dns address i would be greatfull.
>
> "Doug Sherman [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > If you disable NetBIOS, you may be unhappy with the result because a
> > surprising number of applications/functions depend on it. Nevertheless,
you
> > can share files and printers without it -
\\IPaddressofServer\sharename.
> > If you have an alternative local name resolution mechanism such as DNS
or
> > lmhosts files, you can use \\ServerName\sharename. You cannot browse
> > without NetBIOS.
> >
> > Doug Sherman
> > MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
> >
> > "Andy Dowell" <AndyDowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:C66C4B40-BD86-47F6-8198-344AA397ACD2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Kinda new to all this so please make allowances.
> > > We have recently upgraded all our workstations to run either 2000 or
xp
> > pro.
> > > I understand how to disable netbios but not how to share files. I read
> > some
> > > article about setting them up in active domain but it went slightly
over
> > my
> > > head.
> > > If some body could explain it in idiot language i would be very
thankfull.
> >
> >
> >


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