NETBIOS Over TCP/IP 1

[oscarse]

OK I am having a very grey moment ... given that XP Pro no longer installs NETBIOS by default, I have been installing this on a small network (6-8 machines) and using NETBIOS Over TCP/IP along with setting the workgroup to the same name to provide Peer to Peer Printer and File sharing ...

What I am struggling with is this worked with WIN2K PRO but now with a new set of WIN XP machines I am getting network delays in the order of 15 to 30 seconds on shared resources.

What I am struggling with is this;

If MS no longer install NETBIOS is it really required anymore to do Peer to Peer Sharing?

 

[LawnBoy]

As far as I know NETBIOS is only there for legacy support. We're not running it.

 

[oxygene]

Not sure if it will apply in this case but check out this article about slow network printing at

http://dfarq.homeip.net/article/20041020151325576.

I actually had a switch go bad and only one port was left working on it. I had to have it replaced.

Life is what you make it.

 

[oscarse]

Question to Lawnboy ... when you are mapping your shared drives are you using a Computer Name or are you using an ip address?

I removed the Netbios from all machines then turned off the use netbios over tcp/ip setting but could no longer resolve the \\<computer>\<sharename> resources ... also found it strange that 2 of 6 computers requested a renoot after making this change where as the remaing 4 machines didn't require a reboot.

Either way no go so I have moved back to NETBIOS ... these new machines only have one IDE controller now so it was suggested the PCI IDE controller may be causing this ... I have ordered a SATA drive to test this theory.

 

[LawnBoy]

...

I'm sorry, just realized I was thinking of netBEUI. We are indeed running netbios over tcp/ip.

Apologies for misleading you.