This has a good explanation of what NetBIOS is good for (and I use the term
loosly):
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/idg4/nd2004.htm#xtocid263537
but here is the specific sentance that tells it all... "NetBIOS stations
issue broadcasts for several reasons: to verify at startup that a station
name is unique to the network, to find the route to a particular server,
and to provide a heartbeat function to maintain connectivity between
servers and requesters."
You see alot of it on a Windows network. You CAN get rid of it but the
functionality that NetBIOS provideds on Windows networks is then lost and
you end up having lookup/accessibility problems.
Karen E Young
Network Engineer
ELF Technologies, Inc
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beth shriver
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09/06/2000
12:19 PM
Please
respond to
beth shriver
I was recently reading through one of laura chappels
pod books that suggested netbios was not a good thing
to have too much on the network. I just recently took
a look at my network and i see a TON of it flying
around! capturenet shows:tcp->NETBIOS-SSN
can you tell me what this netbios would be good for
and if nothing how do i get rid of it?
thanks
Beth
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