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Date:	Fri, 24 Jan 2003 19:00:07 PST8
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: NetBIOS Issue

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In <3E31EE35.10C46F80@attglobal.net>, on 01/24/03
at 06:29 PM, Harry Chris Motin said:

>ran across involving NetBIOS. I know that NetBIOS is not a protocol. And

It is a protocol. It is not a tcp/ip protocol.

>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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