[pmmail-list] Win2K3 vs OS/2 client

[Milan Mastnak]

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:
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>> 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.
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>Microsoft calls NetBIOS over TCP/IP TCPBEUI.
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>> 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.
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>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.  ;)
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