stupid networking question

[Daniel Siemens]

I'm pretty sure that it's an illegal NetBIOS name.   I believe the limit is 15 characters and cant 
have any special symbols like /?!@#$%^$. 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kclug at kclug.org [mailto:owner-kclug at kclug.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hutchins
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 6:12 PM
To: kclug at kclug.org
Subject: Re: stupid networking question

On Saturday, February 07, 2004 04:03 pm, lerninlinux at comcast.net wrote:

> As I am trying to figure out Samba server, I am trying to eliminate
> problems. My very limited Mac experience taught me Macintosh's don't like
> some none alphanumeric characters.  My workgroup name contains the @
> symbol, should this be a problem with Linux?  Thanks
 
I don't think it's a good idea.  I'd change it.