[ale] XP and Samba

[Geoffrey]

Matt Shade wrote:
> 
> Read here ( http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/SambaIntro.html ) to see that
> NetBIOS is indeed required for Windows. NetBEUI is a different animal, with
> regards to Samba.

My apologies for lumping NetBios and NetBEUI in the same category
through this thread.  Bottom line, you don't need NetBEUI protocol
installed on a windows box for it to communicate with other windows
boxes and Samba.

> 
> matt shade
> www.threekay.com
> 
> > > yes.. but MS windows and Samba do not use tcp/ip.. they use
> netbios/netbeui
> > > to share resources ..
> >
> > Uh, no. I've yet to see an implementation of NetBEUI on any *nix. Maybe I
> > missed something though. I've seen IPX/SPX used on *nix, but to the best
> > of my knowledge, Samba only works with TCP/IP. The whole argument is
> > pretty pointless though. NetBEUI is pretty useless under most
> > circumstances.
> >
> 
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