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Resolving NetBIOS Names with WINS |
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Subject: Resolving NetBIOS Names with WINS
Author: Alex_Raj
In response to: NetBIOS Name vs. DNS name
Posted on: 06/08/2006 08:26:07 PM
Here is the sequence of events for resolving NetBIOS names on Windows machines:
Check the NetBIOS name cache
Check the WINS server
Broadcast
Check the lmhosts file in %windir%\system32\drivers\etc
Query the hosts
Query the DNS server
Give up
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> On 06/08/2006 08:19:54 PM Alex_Raj wrote:
NetBIOS is an acronym for Network Basic Input/Output System.
A NetBIOS name is a 16-byte address that is used to identify a NetBIOS resource on the local area network (LAN).
It's importance is diminishing as TCP/IP becomes more and more popular. However, Windows 9x and Windows NT4 (and earlier) machines depend on NetBIOS for LAN communication. Furthermore, while Windows XP and Windows 2000 do not need NetBIOS to be installed for LAN communication, it is required if any of the clients are Windows 9x or NT4 machines.
WINS is similar to DNS: both systems will resolve a name into an IP address. DNS solves the general Internet naming problem, WINS is designed only for NetBIOS names.
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