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Chapter 3
Using NetBIOS Services
This chapter provides
• An overview of the Network Basic Input/Output System (NetBIOS)
• Implementation notes you should consider before you attempt to customize
NetBIOS
• Instructions for enabling NetBIOS
• Instructions on how to use the Configuration Manager to edit the NetBIOS
parameters
NetBIOS Overview
NetBIOS is a standard mechanism for sharing services and information across a
variety of transmission protocols and media.
NetBIOS Names
Each PC application that runs over a Token Ring LAN has a NetBIOS name.
Applications use NetBIOS names to start and end sessions.
You can configure a single station with multiple applications, each of which has a
unique NetBIOS name. Each PC that supports an application also has a NetBIOS
station name that you assign or that NetBIOS derives by means internal to that
station.
NetBIOS names can consist of up to 16 alphanumeric characters. The
combination of characters must be unique within the entire source routing
network.
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