[pptp-server] Linux and Win9x (and: Non-TCP protocol sharing? )

[Angus Huckle]

If your users wish to browse the local network (i.e. use Network
Neighbourhood to see other Windows/Samba servers), then you will need a WINS
server. You can either use an NT box to do this or, I believe, your Samba
server.

You don't need a WINS server to map drives under Windows, just to browse the
network neighbourhood. I think..... ;-)

Angus.


-----Original Message-----
From: Scott M. Stone [mailto:sstone at taos.com]
Sent: Thursday, 8 June 2000 06:33
To: Derek Simkowiak
Cc: Patrick Reid; pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
Subject: RE: [pptp-server] Linux and Win9x (and: Non-TCP protocol
sharing?)


On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Derek Simkowiak wrote:

> -> On NetBEUI vs. SMB, NetBEUI is the protocol on which SMB was first
built,
> -> but now Windows (and Samba) support SMB in TCP/IP. You don't need
NetBEUI to
> -> give access to shares.
> 
> 	Do I need to re-configure the Win9x boxes to use TCP/IP instead of
> NetBEUI for their shares?
> 
> 	(Sorry, this is getting offtopic, but it'm my last SMB
> question...)

remove IPX and Netbeui as protocols in your network panel, that's usually
the best thing to do.  You can also remove the bindings for Windows
Networking from IPX and Netbeui and only have it bind to TCP/IP if for
some reason you need IPX around (ie, for Doom).

there's no reason whatsoever to have Netbeui installed at all, AFAICT.

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Scott M. Stone, CCNA <sstone at taos.com>
UNIX Systems and Network Engineer
Taos - The SysAdmin Company 

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