Test from my Linux box . . . .

[Jeffrey Watts]

On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Randy Rathbun wrote:

> Check your protocols... NT likes to use netbios while Win9x likes to
> use netbeui. Make them both use the same protocol and you will be in
> bidness (as you can probably tell, I have to deal with this problem a
> lot!)  Be sure to send them over TCP/IP so that Samba can see them.

Okies, this is a FAQ, but worth restating -- NETBEUI is a _protocol_, much
like TCP/IP and IPX/SPX.  NetBIOS is a _programming interface_.  In
Windows, there are NetBIOS interfaces for NETBEUI, TCP/IP, and IPX/SPX.

SMB uses the NetBIOS interface.  In Windows, you can use SMB over TCP/IP,
NETBEUI, or IPX/SPX.  In Linux, Samba only communicates using NetBIOS over
TCP/IP.  The other protocols suck anyway, so it's no big loss.

Enjoy.
J.

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