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How to enable netbios protocol via netsh command?
How to enable netbios via netsh command on windows XP?
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Can XP access HomeGroup shares if NetBIOS service is disabled on hosting Win-7 machine?
I am upgrading a small non-profit organization's computers and network. I will install Windows 7 Professional on 9 machines and Windows XP SP3 on 3 very old machines. I am interested in using ...
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Netbios network naming conflict
Currently we have a server that's complaining about Netbios naming clashes with another machine on the network, after further checking into the problem we've found out that the server's vendor have ...
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Difference between NETBIOS, host name and computer name?
In windows if you go to Computer->Properties->Advanced System Settings->Computer Name, you can change the computer name, let's say from "MYCOMPUTER" to "LEDZEPPELIN".
This changes the (1) computer ...
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samba on netgear WNR3700 ddwrt
I have the latest ddwrt firmware for netgear WNR3700.
Is there nmbd included? Router hostname is not listed in ms workgroup machines but I can access it by hostname and IP via explorer.
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How to resolve NetBios names on Mac OS X?
I know there's smbutil lookup command, but I would like to know how to get it in the system lookup, similar to what is possible on Linux by modifying /etc/nsswitch.conf
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How to resolve OSX computer name to ip address for local web service?
I have a script on my XP machine that needs to contact my OSX machine by ip address. The OSX machine uses DHCP, and the ip address changes daily. However, it has a static computer name and netbios ...
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Mapping sftp/scp as a drive letter without user logins
I'm trying to find a software which could map sftp/scp services to a windows drive letter. I know there are quite a bunch of those available, but i haven't found a single one which could run with ...
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Vista crashes with blue screen
A friend of mine has Vista and it has been crashing for quite some time.
He gets a regular crash with blue screen and a message that goes like "disable netbios caching" (it goes bye so fast i can't ...
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Unable to access server/share by name, IP works
I am running a small network, consisting mostly of Windows XP clients. I'm moving my server from Debian/Samba/WINS to OpenIndiana. Now I cannot access the server by its name, although I can by IP:
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Automated Windows host -> IP resolution over subnet on Mac
I have a few Windows computers and two Mac computers all on the same router. The Windows computers can find each other by hostname just fine, so for example a UNC path of \\HOSTNAME\SHARE would ...
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Find hostname from NetBIOS name
I have the NetBIOS name of a remote computer, and I want to find its hostname (I'm in a LAN has a DNS server), or the IP address (I'll do a nslookup to find the hostname).
A Google search told me to ...
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Sites loading slowly in Windows, possibly due to DNS?
I'm using Chrome, on my wife's laptop. Opening chrome takes only a second, as it should. But as soon as I click on any of the thumbnailed sites (reddit.com, as an example), I have to wait. There's ...
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NetBios lookup from command line/powershell in Vista
Am trying to resolve an IP address to its Netbios name via the command line or via powershell. the system I am using is Vista SP2 so I do not believe NBLookup.exe will work. are there any ...
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cannot access my own computer through My Network Places
My home Windows XP Pro SP3 machine is DHCP client receiving configurations from ISP.
Trying to access in WindowsExplorer
-My Network Places
- Microsoft Windows Network
shows Workgroup with a ...
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Computer name not appearing on network
I can connect to other computers on my home network (ubuntu + OSX machines) using the IP address, but I can't connect using the netbios name.
On the mac the name appears in Finder but if I try to ...
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Which protocol do most home routers use to get the names of the connected devices?
In most home routers, you can find a DHCP client table. Obviously the router knows the IP and MAC addresses of the connected computers. However, most of the time the router can list the computer names ...
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DHCP not working after NetBIOS over TCP/IP disabled
I want to disable the "NetBIOS over TCP/IP" device in the device manager to free port 445. But after doing that my Internet stops working. I'm connected to a WLan router using DHCP on WinXP, and it is ...
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Cannot access to any Windows share including localhost
I can't access any share from my operating system, including \\localhost and \\127.0.0.1.
I have Windows 7.
NetBIOS over IP is enabled, other computers in the network can access my shares and other ...
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Prevent Netbios attacks?
What is the best way to prevent netbios hacker attacks and what can happen if my computer is successfully attacked? I am currently running windows.
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Is there any reason to run a WINS server on a small network?
Is there any compelling reason to be concerned with running a WINS server on a small network? What applications require the ability to resolve LANMan and/or NETBios names?
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Need for explanation: NetBIOS over TCP/IP on VMware network adapter disturbs access to network shares
Some time ago nearly all workstations in our team (Windows XP SP2) exhibited intermittend but frequent delays when accessing shares on the network. Typically the first access to a share which hadn't ...
