Node type - Mixed vs Broadcast

When I run winipcfg on a 98 PC the DNS servers etc are all the same as on an
XP machine, Ip address is obtained OK. The only difference is that the 98 PC
shows the "node type" to be Broadcast, and the XP PC shows the "node type"
to be mixed".

What does this mean

In article <egnKj#(E-Mail Removed)>, "Ryan"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>When I run winipcfg on a 98 PC the DNS servers etc are all the same as on an
>XP machine, Ip address is obtained OK. The only difference is that the 98 PC
>shows the "node type" to be Broadcast, and the XP PC shows the "node type"
>to be mixed".
>
>What does this mean

Both node types are OK The node type determines how a computer
resolves the names of other computers on the network, i.e. how it
translates their computer names to their IP addresses. Actual network
access uses IP addresses.

A B-node (Broadcast) uses only NetBIOS broadcasts. An M-node (Mixed)
tries NetBIOS broadcasts first. If that fails, it queries a WINS
server. An network consisting of only 98 and XP doesn't have a WINS
server, so the two node types are basically the same.

For details, see the section on "NodeType" in this Microsoft Knowledge
Base article:

TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314053
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