If the NETBIOS Name differs from the System Name (ie. HOSTS File
or DNS Name), then you must make an entry in LMHOSTS.
You can think of the Host Type Files like this:
1. The HOSTS File is used in conjunction with, or in place of, DNS,
for System Name -to- IP Address Resolution.
2. The LMHOSTS File is used in conjunction with, or in place of WINS,
for NETBIOS Name -to- IP Address Resolution.
If the NETBIOS Name is the same as the System Name, then you don't
need the LMHOSTS Entry, because the Address will be eventually
determined. However, I would go ahead and make entries in the LMHOSTS
File because without the entries there are processing costs, and possible
network traffic, associated with the additional overhead of the System
having
to go through the various Name Search Mechanisms.
As to the Broadcasts, with ALL Files configured corrrectly, you will still
have Broadcasts related to the Microsoft Networking Browser Synchronization
and Updating. This traffic is minimal, occurring at System Boots, Share
Updates,
and on a time interval basis for accounting for System Dropouts.
You will still need the DIALD Filters....
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: Jake Colman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: diald and netbeui
> >>>>> "JH" == Jeffrey Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> JH> Kirk, In further review of some Windows References, related to
> JH> NETBIOS oriented Broadcasts, YOU ARE ALSO CORRECT.... If WIN
Servers
> JH> are not defined, and the LMHOSTS file contains no entries to
resolve
> JH> the NETBIOS Name, then NETBIOS Name Queries are performed via
> JH> Broadcasts.
>
> My windows machine has a hosts file that map names to IP addressed. In my
> lmhosts file, do I use the same names as that used in the hosts file or do
I
> use the netbios name (assuming they are different). I plan on making the
> names consistent anyway but this might explain some strange behavior.
>
> Assuming that all my machines on my small home network are explicitly
named
> in the hosts and lmhosts file, would WindBloze still try to do broadcasts?
> Or would that effectively stop the broadcasts (and obviate the need for a
> diald filter)?
>
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