NetBIOS is an application-layer protocol, you can run it over TCP/IP, or IPX, or NetBEUI, or whatever transport you want.
-Kevin On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 04:38:59PM -0500, Nitebirdz wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Gregory Wood wrote: > > > There is a 'host' file on the pc running Win9x. That is where you have to > > enter your info so that you can attach to a remote network. > > > > However, I have had customers who have tried that and would loose their > > network connection. I believe its a weakness in the MS client. Same > > connection with Novell client fixed the problem. There may be 'retry' > > options under MS that I never found. > > > > You may want to try NFS. I was told that NFS was available for Windows but > > never looked. > > > > If you do get this to work reliably, I'd like to hear from you. > > > > Greg Wood > > > > How can you get Samba to work over the Internet? I mean, after all it > runs on NetBIOS while the Internet runs on TCP/IP... Can anyone please > shed some light here? If it is possible at all, I'd certainly love to > know, and I'd also love to know how it works. > > > -- > Nitebirdz > http://www.linuxnovice.org > Tips, articles, news, links... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
