[AccessD] OT: Wireless network (sort of)

At least you're not like some of the (l)users I
support.  Some of them barely know where the power
button is.

--- John Colby <jcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
> >I think you're confusing NetBEUI, with NetBIOS.
> 
> ohhhh.... you may be right.
> 
> I know just enough to be dangerous, but I can say
> with some pride that I am
> VERY dangerous!!!
> 
> John W. Colby
> www.colbyconsulting.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On
> Behalf Of Frank Tanner
> III
> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 11:27 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Wireless network (sort
> of)
> 
> 
> No.  NetBIOS natively runs in conjunction with
> TCP/IP.
>  There is an option to uncheck that, however.
> 
> I think you're confusing NetBEUI, with NetBIOS.
> They're two different things.  NetBEUI is a
> "proprietary" Microsoft protocol that is not
> routeable.  This makes it very small and efficient
> for
> LAN environments, however, due to limitations of the
> protocol itself it tends to be much less efficient
> in
> larger environments, and will not route out to the
> Internet at all.
> 
> 
> --- John Colby <jcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
> > Does that mean that it doesn't have to be listed
> as
> > a protocol for that LAN
> > in network manager / properties?
> >
> > In the past I would end up with ALL of those
> things
> > actually showing.  These
> > days only TCPIP actually shows.  Are you saying
> that
> > whether they show there
> > or not they are still loaded and being used?
> >
> > John W. Colby
> > www.colbyconsulting.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On
> > Behalf Of Frank Tanner
> > III
> > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 10:37 AM
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem
> solving
> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Wireless network (sort
> > of)
> >
> >
> > NetBIOS is on by default because it is a network
> > discovery protocol.  LAN Manager is an "old"
> method
> > that Microsoft networks used for discovery of
> > network
> > objects, and authentication between said objects.
> >
> > --- John Colby <jcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
> > > I thought it only used that stuff if you had
> that
> > > protocol enabled for that
> > > NIC.  AFAIK all my workstations only use TCPIP.
> > >
> > > John W. Colby
> > > www.colbyconsulting.com
> >
> >
> >
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