NetBIOS, short for Network Basic Input/Output System, is a Windows API used when DNS is not available. It runs over TCP/IP as a fallback method and is not enabled by default. However, Microsoft ...
Current situation is as follows:<BR><BR>2 PCs running winXP<BR>PC#1 with 2 NICs, one to PC#2, one to cable modem.<BR>Internet sharing works fine, file/printer (netbios) works fine.<BR><BR>Given PC#1 ...
Unbind "file and print sharing for MS networks" from the network adapter, in advanced properties set "disable Netbios over TCP/IP".<BR><BR>Stop and disable the "server" service. If you dont want to ...
SMB: server message block; a Microsoft file and printer sharing protocol. CIFS: common Internet filesystem; around 1996, Microsoft decided that SMB needed the word Internet in it, so they changed it ...