On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Sherry Abercrombie <saber...@gmail.com> wrote: > Turn it off and then see if anyone or any application screams. It will > drastically cut down on unnecessary chatter on the network.
Correct if "turn it off" means NetBIOS. I believe incorrect if "turn it off" means WINS without also implying NetBIOS. :) If properly configured, WINS will actually drastically *reduce* broadcast traffic. But you have to also configure all NetBIOS does as P-nodes -- peer nodes, type 0x2 -- unicast WINS only, no broadcasts. You should also configure NetBIOS such that a small set of reliable computers attempt to be browse masters, and configure everything else *not* to attempt to be a browse master. Otherwise you'll get browser elections ever time a computer boots. (This is not a WINS issue, technically speaking, but part of the NetBIOS protocol design.) If you don't have WINS but don't also disable NetBIOS, you'll get just as much, if not more, network chatter. :) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
