NetBIOS, short for Network Basic Input/Output System, is a Windows API used when DNS is not available. It runs over TCP/IP as a fallback method and is not enabled by default. However, Microsoft ...

If you have ever used a HOSTS file on your Windows computer, you might have seen the LMHOSTS file in the same directory where the HOSTS file is located. The HOSTS file is used to map IP host names to ...

Sometimes a single server has to serve multiple NetBIOS names. Rick Vanover shares this trick to having one server work double duty in the NetBIOS department. A server’s NetBIOS name is what we still ...

NetBIOS alone should not give you many headaches. Unfortunately, when NetBIOS problems occur they can be difficult to detect. Understanding how NetBIOS works is the key. One of the important steps in ...

I want to be able to arbitrarily ping a Windows computer using its NetBIOS name. (Windows hostname.)<BR><BR>In Linux, all I had to do was install winbind, then edit /etc/nsswitch.conf and add "wins" ...