From: Randall Parker 

Rich,

I verified my NT machine and cables and hub by connecting the NT machine to
another NT machine thru the hub with the exact same cable as I had
connected to the Win2k machine. Network Neighborhood works fine between the
NT machines. So I think all that is good.

My NT Machine's IPCONFIG /ALL is:

[j:\doc\winclients\iocomp]ipconfig /all

Windows NT IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . : talldog
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : 4.2.2.1
                                      205.254.224.2
                                      216.144.8.10
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
        NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . :
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No
        NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : No

Ethernet adapter Lne100tx3:

        Description . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter
        Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-A0-CC-E7-AE-29
        DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 4.40.49.194
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.248
        Default Gateway . . . . . . : 4.40.49.193

Ethernet adapter RTL81392:

        Description . . . . . . . . : NDIS 4.0 driver

        Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-50-BF-04-E7-1A
        DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 207.105.135.10
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . :

PPP adapter NdisWan6:

        Description . . . . . . . . : NdisWan Adapter
        Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00
        DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . :



Note the Broadcast node type. Its the RTL81392 adapter that is connecting
to the local net.

The Dell Win2k machine has only one ethernet adapter and its Node Type is
Hybrid. I can't tell whether Hybrid is the equivalent of m-node or h-node.
But shouldn't Hybrid be compatible with Broadcast? I assume that Broadcast
is b- node.

NetBIOS over TCP/IP: One of them could be using it and the other might not
be. I can't figure out how I'd make them be the same in this respect. I can
see which prootocols are enabled on which adapter on NT. But where is the
choice of NetBIOS over TCP/IP made on NT and on Win2k? I can't find it.


On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 13:19:13 -0800 esteemed "Rich"  did
hold forth thusly:
>    You don't need or want NetBEUI.  If you have no centralized name server
you should make sure that you have NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled.  That's it
for protocols.
>
>    For name resolution, run IPCONFIG /all on both machines and check the Node
Type value.  See
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b16 0177 and
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prjj_ipa_
kopf.asp.
>
>    The network neighborhood behavior is something else.  For that you need a
browser.  See
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/reskit/net/c
hptr3.asp.
>
> Rich
>

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