[ale] XP and Samba

[James Taylor]

Whenever you install TCP/IP, even if you install *only* TCP/IP on
Win9x,NTor W2K, NetBIOS is automatically installed, though not displayed
in the pprotocol window.  I've heard that if you go in and change the
FG/BG in video memory below the last item in the protocol window, the
entry will show.

Apparently XP doesn't do this, hence you have to install NetBIOS
Nameservice separately.  I wouldn't think you would need NetBEUI
Protocol, though.

-jt

James Taylor
The East Cobb Group,Inc
678-560-9702
james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com

>>> Geoffrey <esoteric at denali.atlnet.com> 12/10/01 10:04PM >>>
Vaidhy Mayilrangam wrote:
> 
> yes.. but MS windows and Samba do not use tcp/ip.. they use
netbios/netbeui
> to share resources ..
> 

It's not necessary.  I've got three standalone win95 machines, one
vmware/nt and one vmware/win2k all sharing various shares with each
other and my linux boxes.  I've not installed netbios/netbeui on any
of
them.  All you need is tcp/ip.

> Vaidhy
> 
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 09:22:13PM -0500, jeff hubbs wrote:
> > But why should you have to enable a separate protocol from TCP/IP
for
> > that to work?  NetBEUI really isn't supposed to be used in anything
more
> > than a one-office arrangement and, in this day and age when
Internet
> > access is pretty much ubiquitous and therefore a TCP/IP
requirement
> > exists, there's really no need for NetBEUI anymore at all (for one
> > thing, it's not a routable protocol).
> >
> > Vaidhy Mayilrangam wrote:
> >
> > >yes they can.. but the catch is that netbeui (sp??) is not
installed by
> > >default.. Install netbeui (It is under protocols) and then click
on
> > >network neighbourhood, entire netword , MS network and you will
find it..
> > >
> > >Sometimes, you have to search for the computer name..
> > >
> > >Vaidhy
> > >
> > >On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 08:55:03PM -0500, Chris Fowler wrote:
> > >
> > >>Help,
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Did the SMB protocol get modified so that my Samba server can
not
> > >>communicate with XP Prof. clients.  It even seems that 98 and XP
clients
> > >>can
> > >>not communicate to each other.
> > >>
> > >>Thanks,
> > >>Chris
> > >>
> > >>
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