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is netbios only for lans

What else would you want to use it for?

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"Leo Alvarez" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> is netbios only for lans

Yes, it's only for Lans. In fact, to be more precise, it's only for subnets
since it can't route. Its based on a 2-dimensional, flat, non-hierarchical
network structure, unlike tcp/ip and dns.

"Leo Alvarez" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> is netbios only for lans

In article <xVv7b.2963$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Salt_Peter"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>"Leo Alvarez" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:367001c375c0$ddb51a70$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> is netbios only for lans

>Yes, it's only for Lans. In fact, to be more precise, it's only for subnets
>since it can't route. Its based on a 2-dimensional, flat, non-hierarchical
>network structure, unlike tcp/ip and dns.

What about a WINS server or LMHOSTS file providing NetBIOS name
resolution when using TCP/IP on a multi-subnet routed network?
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