[pmmail-list] Win2K3 vs OS/2 client

[Philip Morgan]

It's really easy  to add support to Win2K3 for NetBeui (I'm a network admin running Win2K3 with XPpro clients).  It's simply a matter of opening "Network Connection properties and adding NetBEUI protocol.  No reboot needed. 

FWIW, the reason that NetBEUI was discarded by default in XP and in Win2K3  was for security reasons.  It does not use encrypted authentication and MS wants all networks to use Kerberos for authentication and security communications.  

The difficulties reported in getting NetBEUI on servers is probably a "red herring" - it is more likely that the NetAdmins just don't want to fool with the security risks associated with allowing server access with NetBEUI ...

Regards,
- - Phil, by Palm

---- Original Message ----
-)From: "Milan Mastnak" <milan.mastnak@zzzs.si>
-)Date: 3/8/05 6:53 pm
-)To: "pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com" <pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com>
-)Subj: [pmmail-list] Win2K3 vs OS/2 client
-)It's just that Win2003 AND xp doesn't run NETBEUI (aka NETBIOS/TCPIP) by default anymore. It is supposed to 
-)use plain TCP/IP. You have to install NETBIOS/TCPIP explicitly. Don't ask me how (still running OS/2 ;-)) ).
-)
-)Best regards,
-)Milan
-)
-)On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 12:36:08 -0800 (PST), Steve Wendt wrote:
-)
-)>On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Don Buska wrote:
-)>
-)>> I'm confused.  I've always been under the impression that NETBIOS and
-)>> NETBEUI were essentially the same.  MS calls it NETBEUI and IBM calls it
-)>> NETBIOS.  You can have NETBIOS (MPTS) over TCPIP (TCPIP) on the OS/2 side
-)>> and NETBEUI on the server side and all works fine for file services.
-)>
-)>Microsoft calls NetBIOS over TCP/IP TCPBEUI.
-)>
-)>> longer have NETBEUI on the server side with their new WIN2003 servers.  So
-)>> my OS/2 machine will no longer see the drive/folders/files on the server.
-)>
-)>I have no experience with Win2003, but I would expect NetBIOS over TCP/IP 
-)>to still talk to TCPBEUI.  If not, the Samba port should work with it. 
-)>But if not using OS/2 is a foregone conclusion, then there's no point in 
-)>continuing the thread.  ;)
-)>
-)>
-)>
-)
-)
-)
-)
-)