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Date:	Fri, 24 Jan 2003 21:11:48 PST8
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: NetBIOS Issue

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Thanks Steven.
HCM

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Steven Levine wrote:
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> In <3E31EE35.10C46F80@attglobal.net>, on 01/24/03
> at 06:29 PM, Harry Chris Motin said:
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> >ran across involving NetBIOS. I know that NetBIOS is not a protocol. And
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> It is a protocol. It is not a tcp/ip protocol.
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> >I know that it's not routable. I guess I did not fully appreciate the
>
> That is true.
>
> >If that is so, that means that I have to use NetBIOS over TCPIP to
> >communicate with the 2 Windows boxes, because I bought a router/firewall,
> >not a hub, to be part of my LAN. Is that correct? Do I need to set up
> >NetBIOS over TCPIP, because of my router?
>
> No, that is not the case. You bought a router/firewall/switch. The
> switch is effectively a smart hub. The NetBIOS packets will get switched
> to the ports that the the other boxes are connected without problems. The
> packets will not get routed to the outside world.
>
> Steven
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