RE: OS/400 Netbios

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marty,

Netbios support is called Netserver on the AS400 and is IBM's replacement
for shared folders. Since shared folders were supported for APPC connections
only, IBM needed a TCP/IP alternative to provide similar function. I think
the open standard of this is called SMB, and it is used by various flavors
of UNIX to talk to Windows servers. 

hth,
Eric DeLong

-----Original Message-----
From: Urbanek, Marty [mailto:Marty_Urbanek@stercomm.com]
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 8:59 AM
To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com'
Subject: OS/400 Netbios


What is netbios used for in OS/400? 

Reviewing the archives, I see a lot that seems to be related to Netserver
and name resolution, but can somebody please put this in context for me,
like give me some examples of user and/or system activities that cause
netbios traffic to be generated. I see TCP/IP ports open in WRKTCPSTS *CNN
that say they are for netbios. Thanks in advance.

-Marty

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