Any dangers in removing NetBEUI????

The Samba docs suggest removing NetBEUI.

I am scared to do anything with Windows that may cause it
ask me to insert the system disk even though I have a valid license.
Invariably, I am on the phone with
tech support for hours whenever windows needs
that infernal disk.

What are the dangers of removing NetBEUI since
I notice that I have it installed.

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 05:13:31 GMT, "tom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>The Samba docs suggest removing NetBEUI.
>
>I am scared to do anything with Windows that may cause it
>ask me to insert the system disk even though I have a valid license.
>Invariably, I am on the phone with
>tech support for hours whenever windows needs
>that infernal disk.
>
>What are the dangers of removing NetBEUI since
>I notice that I have it installed.
>
NetBEUI? Are you like the last person on the planet running this
protocol? LOL, just kidding

There are no dangers with removing NetBEUI unless you are using the
protocol.

As far having to insert the system disk, I cannot comment. Depending
on which version of Windows you are running and which updates have
been applies, you may or may not be asked to insert the media.

NetBEUI is a relatively non-robust protocol with low overhead for use
on small peer to peer and client server networks.

TCP/IP is the preferred protocol, especially where routing is
involved.

Charles

tom wrote:

> The Samba docs suggest removing NetBEUI.
>
> I am scared to do anything with Windows that may cause it
> ask me to insert the system disk even though I have a valid license.
> Invariably, I am on the phone with
> tech support for hours whenever windows needs
> that infernal disk.
>
> What are the dangers of removing NetBEUI since
> I notice that I have it installed.

Unless you've got something on your network that requires it, you can safely
delete it and do all your networking over TCP/IP. Also, as I recall, the
CD is only required when you add something, not delete. About the only
other advantage of using NetBEUI, is if your network is connected directly
to the internet (bad idea) and you want to make sure your file and print
services are not available beyond your network. A far better way to do
that, is use a cheap firewall/router box, to isolate your lan from the
internet.

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"James Knott" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> tom wrote:
>
> > The Samba docs suggest removing NetBEUI.
> >
> > I am scared to do anything with Windows that may cause it
> > ask me to insert the system disk even though I have a valid license.
> > Invariably, I am on the phone with
> > tech support for hours whenever windows needs
> > that infernal disk.
> >
> > What are the dangers of removing NetBEUI since
> > I notice that I have it installed.
>
> Unless you've got something on your network that requires it, you can
safely
> delete it and do all your networking over TCP/IP. Also, as I recall, the
> CD is only required when you add something, not delete. About the only
> other advantage of using NetBEUI, is if your network is connected directly
> to the internet (bad idea) and you want to make sure your file and print
> services are not available beyond your network. A far better way to do
> that, is use a cheap firewall/router box, to isolate your lan from the
> internet.
>
> --
>
> Fundamentalism is fundamentally wrong.
>
> To reply to this message, replace everything to the left of "@" with
> james.knott.

Thanks, I am not worried about needing the disk
when I remove it. I am worried that once I remove
it I will suddenly need the disk to return it.

It sounds from the two posts that I can safely remove
it, but doing anything with Windows is always scary.

At least with Linux, I can always fix what ever without
needing that infernal disk or worse like expensive
upgrades.

> Thanks, I am not worried about needing the disk
> when I remove it. I am worried that once I remove
> it I will suddenly need the disk to return it.

Try this:

http://www.analogx.com/contents/down...m/banishcd.htm

Matt

> It sounds from the two posts that I can safely remove
> it, but doing anything with Windows is always scary.
>
> At least with Linux, I can always fix what ever without
> needing that infernal disk or worse like expensive
> upgrades.
>
>

> NetBEUI? Are you like the last person on the planet running this
> protocol? LOL, just kidding
>
> There are no dangers with removing NetBEUI unless you are using the
> protocol.

I wish NetBEUI was more popular. I can't comprehend the push for NetBIOS +
TCP/IP; you know how much trouble this has caused over the years? NetBEUI
is not even Internet routable. It guarantees that LAN-ish activity (sharing
resources) stays on the LAN.

--
Jem Berkes
http://www.sysdesign.ca/

tom wrote:

> Thanks, I am not worried about needing the disk
> when I remove it. I am worried that once I remove
> it I will suddenly need the disk to return it.
>
> It sounds from the two posts that I can safely remove
> it, but doing anything with Windows is always scary.
>
> At least with Linux, I can always fix what ever without
> needing that infernal disk or worse like expensive
> upgrades.
>

Many people save the CD as "CAB" files on the hard disk. This eliminates
the need to keep the CD handy.

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James Knott schrieb:
>
> tom wrote:
....
> Many people save the CD as "CAB" files on the hard disk. This eliminates
> the need to keep the CD handy.
>
This is one way, another one is to make Windoze look in C:\widoze
and C:\windoze\system for the files.
If you e.g. just swaped the nic, the files are still there,
but windoze doesn't know and asks for the cd.
As for the OP:
None of my Win machines has Netbui installed.

G.W.