Re: Netbios over TCP/IP

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"il barbi" <angeieri.barboggi@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OJAyEhTMIHA.5988@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I read on a tutorial that Node type=Broadcast would be the correct value for
a small LAN with no DNS and WINS server

Correct.

and for address resolution NetBios
over TCP/IP must be explicitly enabled

The 'Default' setting is usually OK.
This will enable NETbios-over TCP/IP unless something else disables it.

when connecting to a router since
usually it is Microsoft independent.

Yes, Routers are OS-independent.

Indeed my D-Link DI-524 broadband
router asks me nothing about NetBios,

Indeed.

so I crossed all squares for enabling
Netbios over TCP/IP on all PCs in my LAN,

OK, no harm there.

yet by keying ipconfig /all I
don't see Netbios being quoted in none of them

Thats OK

and Node type looks Mixed or
Hybrid instead of Broadcast.

That is not uncommon, and is not a problem.
Mixed = try broadcast, then WINS ( if confgured ).
Hybrid = try WINS ( if configured ) then broadcast.

Since no WINS is configured, either should fall back to broadcast.

You can change this by editing the registry.

The registry location is:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\System
\CurrentControlSet
\Services
\Netbt
\Parameters


Delete any of the two values NodeType and DhcpNodeType if they exist,
forcing Windows to fall back to its default node type, as described below. Reboot.

If no entry is present in the registry, then the node type will show as 'Unknown', and will default as follows:

WINS server configured: Hybrid;
No WINS server configured: broadcast.

You can also set the NodeType as follows to force it:
The possible values are:

1: Broadcast;
2: P-node ( P-to-P, or WINS-only )
4: Mixed ( Broadcast then WINS )
8: Hybrid ( WINS then broadcast )

Anyway I see that Netbios over TCP Helper
service is active on all PCs.

That's OK.

Any suggestions?

No, Why?
What actual problem do you have that you think is related to NetBIOS node type?

--
Ron


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