Unless you are using old-style NetBIOS, then everything runs over IP (NetBT is NetBIOS over TCP, which in turn is over IP).
So regardless of whether you're using TCP 137-139 or 445, you are still running over TCP and regular DNS name resolution will kick in. Only if you are using old-style NetBIOS (which either ran over IPX/SPX or directly over an LLC protocol) will you need short name resolution. That old style NetBIOS hasn't been available since Windows 95 days IIRC Cheers Ken ________________________________ From: David Lum [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 5 May 2009 11:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disabling NETBIOS Yet another reason to love this list, - I knew about dns suffixes being auto adding for PING requests but didn’t even consider it’d come into play for UNC. Dave From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 6:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disabling NETBIOS Nope. \\server\c$<file:///\\server\c$> works just fine. We have disabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP with zero problems. Windows 2003 domain Exchange 2003 Enterprise + Standard OWA Blackberry Enterprise Server YMMV ________________________________ From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 9:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disabling NETBIOS Wouldn't \\machinename\c$<file:///\\machinename\c$> have to be \\FQDN\c$<file:///\\FQDN\c$> to work if there is no NetBIOS? For me MACHINENAME = NetBIOS name, so perhaps my thinking is just wrong? (wouldn't be the first time...). "I'm not convinced that Microsoft has completely eliminated NetBIOS dependencies from their own stuff, let alone what third-party software houses do" +1 David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 7:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Disabling NETBIOS On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Jeremy Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > I have investigated this a bit, and I just wondered if anyone had any > opinions they would like to share. Short version: Lots of things depend on NetBIOS. That including lots of things from Microsoft. Most notably, Exchange Server 2003 and earlier. You can disable NetBIOS if you don't use any of those things, but myself, I'm not convinced that Microsoft has completely eliminated NetBIOS dependencies from their own stuff, let alone what third-party software houses do. > I have no legacy clients (but a lot of Mac's and Linux Machines) server itself. > Currently I connect \\machinename\c$<file:///\\machinename\c$>, will that > change? That should still work the same. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
