Some Windows users are skeptical about two protocols, NetBIOS over TCP/IP and LLMNR. These protocols are responsible for the compatibility of your network with the legacy Windows version.

NetBIOS alone should not give you many headaches. Unfortunately, when NetBIOS problems occur they can be difficult to detect. Understanding how NetBIOS works is the key. One of the important steps ...

NetBIOS, short for Network Basic Input/Output System, is a Windows API used when DNS is not available. It runs over TCP/IP as a fallback method and is not enabled by default. However, Microsoft ...

Support for the NetBIOS protocol in Windows when running in a TCP/IP network. NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NBT) supports legacy applications that use the NetBIOS protocol as well as the NetBIOS name ...

Apparently, when you disable NetBIOS over TCP, file & printer sharing *should* use direct host SMB to function according to MS.<BR><BR>However, this is not the case with my setup. Once NetBIOS/TCP ...

Even if I set "disable netbios = yes", my Windows machines have to have netBIOS enabled to connect to the server. I would like to completely disable netBIOS on all of the machines: how can I set ...

Sometimes a single server has to serve multiple NetBIOS names. Rick Vanover shares this trick to having one server work double duty in the NetBIOS department. A server’s NetBIOS name is what we ...

Various errors may occur when you initially try to establish a connection over a network with the NetBIOS access method. Many of these problems are related to the ...

Specify the NetBIOS or MNetBIOS access method, as applicable. Specify a server name. Specifying the NetBIOS or MNetBIOS Access Method at the Client You must specify either the NetBIOS or the MNetBIOS ...

A name assigned to a Windows computer that uses the common 15-character NetBIOS format. See NetBIOS. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.