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 ...

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. However, ...

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 server ...

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 is ...

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 ...

Your NetBIOS name is the same as your computer name. Don't do anything "bad" though, as those messages go into the event log and your IP address will be in there. If your resnet is worth its CAT5 that ...

The following example illustrates the statements that you specify in an OS/2 local host SAS session to connect to a remote host with the NetBIOS access method. options set=vqmlinks 3 set=vqmconvs 3; ...