netbios and winsfunction FP_jumpMenu(el,frm,sel) {//v1.0 var href=el.options[el.selectedIndex].value; if(sel) el.selectedIndex=0; if('_new'==frm) open(href); else eval(frm+".location='"+href+"'"); } // --> </script> </head> <body> <body> <tr> <td width="15%" height="290" valign="top"> <p> </td> <td width="69%" height="290" valign="top"> <p> <b><font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000ff" size="3"> <a href="#Q: How can I install NetBEUI on WinXP" target="_self">How can I install NetBEUI on WinXP?</a></font></b><br> <font color="#0000ff"><b> <a href="#How to configure WINS for a non-WINS client" target="_self">How to configure WINS for a non-WINS client</a></b></font><br> <b><font color="#0000ff"><a href="#How to check NetBIOS status" target="_self">How to check NetBIOS status</a></font></b><br> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b> <font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000ff" size="3"> <a href="file:///C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/technet/connectivity.htm#How to enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP in a peer-to-peer network" target="_self"> How to enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP in a peer-to-peer network</a></font></b></font><b><font color="#0000ff"><br> </font></b><font color="#0000ff"><b><a href="#How to modify Node Type" target="_self">How to modify Node Type</a></b></font><b><font color="#0000ff"><br> <a href="#How to re-cache the NetBIOS name" target="_self">How to re-cache the NetBIOS name</a><br> <a href="#How to fix name resolution issue on a standard DNS network" target="_self">How to fix name resolution issue on a standard DNS network </a> </font></b> <p><b><font color="#0000ff"><a name="Q: How can I install NetBEUI on WinXP" target="_self"> How can I install<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> NetBEUI on WinXP?</font></a></font></b></p> <h1 class="title"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <span style="font-weight: 400">A: NetBEUI is not included on XP by default. To install NetBEUI, 1) Copy Nbf.sys to the %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\Drivers <br> directory from Windows XP CD - Valueadd\MSFT\Net\NetBEUI folder. 2) Copy Netnbf.inf to the %SYSTEMROOT%\Inf hidden <br> directory. 3) Go to Control Panel>Network Connections, right-click the adapter you want to add NetBEUI to, and then click Properties>General>Install>Protocol>Add>NetBEUI Protocol.</span></font></h1> <p><font color="#0000ff"><b> <a name="How to configure WINS for a non-WINS client" target="_self">How to configure WINS for a non-WINS client</a></b></font></p> <p>If your have non-WINS machines on a subnet and want to them to be visible browsing participants, you may have two options to setup WINS for non-WINS machines. 1) Enable WINS Agent. To setup a machine as proxy agent in NT 4, run regedit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters. Double-click on the EnableProxy and set vale to 1. 2) add static entries on WINS Manager. To do this, run WINS Manager>Mappings>Static Mappings and add information.</p> <p class="title"><b><font color="#0000ff"> <a name="How to check NetBIOS status" target="_self">How to check NetBIOS status</a></font></b></p> <p class="title">To check if the computer has registered a 00, a 03, and a 20 entry, and these correspond to the Workstation service, the Messenger service, and the Server service, respectively, use nbtstat -n. That will list local NetBIOS names. To list remote computer name table, use nbtstat -a computer name or nbtstat -A IP.</p> <p class="title"><font color="#0000ff"><b>How to disable WINS Proxy</b></font></p> <p>To disable wins proxy, go to <samp>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters, change the value to 0.</samp></p> <p> Value Name: EnableProxy<br> Value Type: REG_DWORD<br> Values: Boolean (0 or 1)<br> Default: 0</p> <p class="indent"><font color="#0000ff"><b><a name="How to modify Node Type" target="_self"> How to modify Node Type</a></b></font></p> <p class="indent">1. For W2K/XP, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters to make change:<br> Name: DhcpNodeType<br> Value Type: REG_DWORD - Number<br> Valid Range: 1,2,4,8 (b-node, p-node, m-node, h-node)<br> Default: 1 or 8 based on the WINS server configuration </p> <p>If this key is present, it will override the DhcpNodeType key. If neither key is present, the system defaults to b-node if there are no WINS servers configured for the client. The system defaults to h-node if there is at least one WINS server configured. </p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3">2. Windows 95, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP<br> Name: NodeType<br> Value type: DWORD<br> Valid range: 1, 2, 4, or 8<br> Default: 1 (b-node) if no value is specified or no WINS servers are configured on the network; 8 (h-node) if WINS servers are specified and NodeType is not otherwise defined in the Registry. </font></span></h3> <p>If DNS is enabled (which also enabled LMHOSTS in Windows 95), name resolution will also follow the mode defined by this parameter. This value can also be configured using DHCP. </p> <p class="title"><b><font color="#0000ff"> <a name="How to re-cache the NetBIOS name" target="_self">How to re-cache the NetBIOS name</a></font></b></p> <p class="title">If you can ping a remote computer IP but not the name, and you have WINS or enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP, this may be an outdated NetBIOS name resolution in the local NetBIOS name cache. You may want to run NBTSTAT -r to reset the cache and force the computer to retrieve remote computer name.</p> <p class="title"><b><font color="#0000ff"> <a name="How to fix name resolution issue on a standard DNS network" target="_self">How to fix name resolution issue on a standard DNS network </a></font></b></p> <p class="title">Some w2k/xp computer have a difficulty to connect to a laptop and your company has standardized on DNS for name resolution (no WINS and NetBIOS enabled). you also find that you can ping the laptop ip but not name. You may want to run ipconfig /registerdns to renew the ip configuration and register the laptop's DNS name with the DNS.</p> </td> <td width="16%" height="290" valign="top"> <p> </td> </tr> </table> </body></html>