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| Logan W. 2003-08-03, 5:25 pm |
| If a win2k network uses TCP/IP, where do the computer names inside of
network neighborhood come into play?
I thought computer names were a part of NetBIOS. Or is it WINS that
resolves the names into IP addresses?
Thanks,
Logan
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| Good question.
I think you will find that computer names are part of File and Printer
sharing not TCP/IP.
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| Netwerkz 2003-08-03, 7:25 pm |
| hi - see below
"Logan W." <rlwebb@SPAMAWAYchartertn.net> wrote in message
news:viqstuqq5koh37@corp.supernews.com...
> If a win2k network uses TCP/IP, where do the computer names inside of
> network neighborhood come into play?
> I thought computer names were a part of NetBIOS. Or is it WINS that
> resolves the names into IP addresses?
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> Thanks,
> Logan
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ComputerNames ~ NetBios.
WINS resolves computernames to IP Addresses.
DNS resolves hostnames to ip addresses.
Netbios is still in Win2K
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| True enough, but names are used in active directory too :-)
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| Steven Umbach 2003-08-03, 9:25 pm |
| Network Places are still netbios names that uses the browse master and browse
list and relies on broadcasts. It is a carryover from NT/W98, etc. W2K by
default has netbios over tcp/ip installed for netbios name resolution either by
broadcast, lmhosts, or wins if there is a server that has wins installed on it.
If you look in tcp/ip properties/advanced/wins, you will see the option to
disable netbios over tcp/ip. Wins dynamically registers netbios to ip address
mappings in it's database for wins clients and also resolves them for the
clients greatly reducing network broadcasts and also allowing cross subnet
browsing. In a domain, W2K will try to resolve a netbios name via dns first by
appending the domain name to the netbios name. NT4.0/W98 will resort to netbios
name resolution right away. You can view how names have been resolved in W2K by
using ipconfig /displaydns, nbtstat -c, and nbtstat -r. -- Steve
"Logan W." <rlwebb@SPAMAWAYchartertn.net> wrote in message
news:viqstuqq5koh37@corp.supernews.com...
> If a win2k network uses TCP/IP, where do the computer names inside of
> network neighborhood come into play?
> I thought computer names were a part of NetBIOS. Or is it WINS that
> resolves the names into IP addresses?
>
> Thanks,
> Logan
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