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Netbios Names with 2K8
I'm setting up a small network that contains all 2008 servers. No domain controllers, and no DNS (as of yet). Most of the servers will be IIS servers and part of a web farm/pool. Now I have configured ...
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Machine name resolution
I am having an issue with machine name resolution. There is a LogMeIn Hamachi VPN involved but it may or may not have anything to do with the problem.
Machine A, intranet, Windows Server 2008 R2 ...
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Publish network shared storage to Windows network
Mac OS X uses Bonjour (multicast DNS) to publish shared folder service to local network. And, newly joined Mac OS X laptop automatically find shared storages very quickly and easily.
In case of ...
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Group Policy drive maps fail with Error Code: 0x80070043
I'm running a Server 2008 R2 domain with all Windows 7 x64 bit client machines.
All drives are mapped using Group Policy. Which were previously on a NAS
We just built a new, huge, fast server. So ...
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Allow Broadcast to 255.255.255.255 through TMG/VPN (for NetBios Resolution)
Is it possible to allow a VPN client to do NetBIOS broadcast name resolution through TMG?
In the TMG Queries I can see the rule that is blocking ClientIP->255.255.255.255
I've tried adding ...
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Need to maintain hostnames which are not unique for the first 15 characters
Due to our internal software, I would like to be able to keep a number of virtual machines which have the first fifteen characters identical, and using the subsequent characters to maintain a unique ...
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Reducing NetBIOS noise in a 50-seat, 30-server organisation
We are a development shop where all 50-odd workstation computers run Windows 7 SP1 and most of our 20-30 servers are Server 2008 R2 or Server 2008 (there are a few scragglers still on Server 2003). We ...
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NetBIOS over TCP/IP with no UDP
Is there a way to run NetBIOS entirely on TCP? I have an environment where UDP is not allowed. I need a way for the machines to talk to each other by name. I thought there might be a way to say that ...
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Removing unknown domain from 'Entire Network\Microsoft Windows Networks'
I've just started work as a network technician at a large company, yesterday I brought my home laptop in and plugged in on the LAN to get to my mail. Today I can see my 'home' domain under 'Entire ...
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Ping Linux server by hostname inside Windows network?
Can anyone point me in the right direction on what should i do in order to be able to ping a linux server from inside a windows network (with a domain)?
I've searched on google and found several ...
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Unable to connect to second name of Windows 2008 Server R2 machine from XP
I used the command netdom computername /add:newname.domainname.com to add a second name to a server running Windows 2008 Server R2. After restarting the server, I had DNS "A" entries for both names. ...
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NetBIOS access fails unexpectedly at one terminal
I have a share folder on a local machine (same subnet) with IP address ipaddress, NetBIOS name server-name, and a DNS A entry of server-name.example.com. I can reach it normally through
nbtstat -A ...
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DNS Configuration and Domain Controllers on Home Network
I want to experiment with Active Directory, strictly for my own education, so on my home network I launched two VMs, both Win2k8 R2 Servers (named 'Server1' and 'Server2'). I created two root domains ...
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How do you figure out how a windows machine is resolving a share name?
We've been having some weird issues while migrating domains from one forest to another. We tried turning off the domain controllers for the old domain, and all of a sudden, a share which we used to ...
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Linux NetBIOS name relay
I have a bridge, over WiFi, that is using parprouted to fudge ARP so that routing works. Is there anything like dhcrelay (which relays DHCP requests) but for NetBIOS (Windows File and Print Sharing) ...
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OpenSUSE 11 AD auth works, but not netbios
I've setup a desktop machine with OpenSUSE 11.4 and have Active Directory authentication working properly. I can ping, rdp and ssh to'/from other machines. I can access windows shares from OpenSUSE ...
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Connecting to SQL using NetBIOS name not working
I have two Win 2k3 SP2 servers running where one is a web server and the other is a SQL 2000 server. We changed the IPs of these servers earlier today and now we cannot connect to SQL using the ...
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Cannot connect to remote SMB share from SBS 2003 server
I've got an SBS server with 2 NICs running ISA 2004. I can connect to remote shares via IP from workstations behind the ISA server just fine (e.g. \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\c$ where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is an IP ...
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Can't find computer by name only by IP address
I have a server I just setup running Windows Server 2008 R2. The only roles I have configured are DHCP and Terminal Services Gateway. Internally I am only able to ping the computer by IP address and ...
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Connecting to a Windows server that has an active VPN connection
In my company we connect to various customers using VPN.
We have a dedicated Windows server where the VPN clients are installed, and if we need to do customer support, we have to physically log in to ...
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Unable to access Windows file share by simple server name
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine connected to an IPv4 Windows network that cannot resolve the simple name of another server when trying to access a file share. If I try to browse to ...
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dd-wrt Bonjour/ netbios etc on two subnets
Hi I was wondering if any clever people out there could help me. I have a network setup with two different subnets 192.168.1.0 and 192.168.0.0 one router is connected to a VPN (via OpenVPN) the other ...
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Which machines should be running as master browser
We have a three site wan and are struggling to get WINS working in one of the sites. We've tried lots of trouble shooting and think it may be a result of miss configured master browsers.
However I'm ...
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map old windows server to new windows server
At the moment, I have 2 servers (serve1 and serve2).
serve1 is old and data is small enough to move to serve2.
serve1 = Win 2k3
serve2 = Win 2008 R2
The problem is I need to keep the serve1 name ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 loses ability to connect to network share
I could sure use some help with this one:
I've got two Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Terminal Servers, as well as several 2003 servers (DNS / Wins / AD / DC). On the two 2008 boxes, every now and then ...
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NetBIOS name resolution - how can I get to work?
Two machines connected to a switch: WLADIMIR (XP Home SP3) and DAGO (Win7 Pro).
WLADIMIR has received 192.168.33.130 via DHCP, DAGO has received 192.168.33.156. They can ping each other by IP ...
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Is NetBIOS really gone on Windows?
I posted a similar question on StackOverflow. Somebody suggested me to post similar question here and see if anybody can give me some insight.
From MSDN, I was told that NetBIOS is no longer ...
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Samba Shares from Windows only by IP
I have Ubuntu Server (10.10) running. There are two server components active: The fileserver is Samba and OpenSSH for remote access. It is a home network, (workgroup).
When I use OpenSSH from ...
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Batch access to NetBIOS locations / associated script
I'm trying to write a batch file to
Access \sharelocation\folder\file
Compare that file to c:\folder\file
If the files are the same, run the local file.
If the files are different, replace the local ...
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Why does disabling the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service lock me out of GPO?
I disabled TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper and started getting EventIDs 1030 and 1058. This thread said that I'd need to have it enabled. Indeed, when I started it up, the problem immediately went away. My ...
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Enumerating network shares with NetBIOS
I have a case where I need to find all connectable shares on my network, and preferably as much information about the share possible. I could do this manually but its quite a big network and it would ...
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Benefits of and procedure for dropping last Win98 clients from a Win2k3 network
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We're running a Win2k3 network with mostly XP clients, one Win2k client, and two Win98 clients.
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If we ditch our two Win98 clients, replacing them with XP clients, which exact ...
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Does NetBIOS name resolution maps NetBIOS names to IP address or to MAC address
Does NetBIOS name resolution maps NetBIOS names to IP address or to MAC address?
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Microsoft Networking - WINS, DHCP, considerations for moving from a flat to routed network
We are moving our network from a flat 192.168.x.x/16 to a routed network to be composed of several /24 subnets and a layer 3 switch.
It is a Windows network, active directory integrated, standard ...
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“account currently disabled” when accessing share, even before logging in
When I try to access a share folder, say \\share-folder, I get the following error message:
logon failure: account currently disabled
This seems strange to me, since there is no 'account' to be ...
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Server resolves to correct IP when using FQDN but incorrectly when using shortname
Win2k3 environment using WINs
server resolves to the correct IP when I use the FQDN, but resolves to a different IP when I use the shortname.
I've tried resetting NetBios cache and purging/reloading ...
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why is multiple-label name resolution going through NetBIOS after DNS failure (xp sp3)
No dns suffixes configured, no primary dns suffix.
Ping a multiple-label invalid name, that's less than 15 characters: "d1.invalid"
DNS query is performed and fails
then nbname (udp port 137) ...
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Netbios lookups fail over vpn?
Over VPN clients do not seem to be using their DNS search suffix list.
When attempting to ping a netbios name, the client appends it's own domain name to the lookup.
The dns server responds that there ...
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NetBios Name Service requests
I'm noticing on MS Network Monitor a ton of NetBios Name Service broadcasts coming from a particular workstation. When I run netmon on that desktop it cannot resolve the application producing them ...
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Download or view a servers wins database
I am trying to troubleshoot a WINS browsing problem in a Server 2008 AD Forest. I am in one domain and the problem is with a sibling domain. What command can i use to dump or view the WINS database ...
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Is the Netbios limt of 15 Charactors still a factor when naming computers?
When you name your Windows computers and Im talking from Windows 2000 to Win7 do you stay within the Netbios name limit for workstations of 15 charactors? I interested if this limit is still relevant ...
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NetBIOS “free” network?
I was wondering if someone here has an enterprise experience in running a "netbios free" network. Of course that I'm talking about a mid to big windows based network.
I found some good posts here, ...
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How to get netbios name from network computer? (Linux)
I want to scan my network periodically and get the Ip, mac, OS and netbios name.
So far I got everything done with a bashscript that runs nmap, but the netbiosname is still a problem.
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Windows 2008 R2 server cannot access shares on other servers
I have a problem on my new 2008 R2 64-bit server.
Essentially the server sometimes refuses to access shares on other server.
in the format \\servernam\sharename
sometime it works and then for a few ...
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Force computer name to resolve to local IP on Windows Server 2008 Network?
Here's the scenario: 3 Windows Server 2008 machines, each connected to 2 networks: a public network open to the internet and also a private LAN
netbios/
comp name local IP
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Unable to Access Print Shares via IP Address But Can Via Netbios Name
Strange problem....
I have a W2003 DC also running file and print sharing. Since a reboot a couple of days ago, legacy devices that used mapped printers to this server are no longer able to connect. ...
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Vista wasn't connecting to SAMBA share without plaintext passwords, what precisely is wrong with my SAMBA config?
I was trying to get my Vista Home Premium box to talk to my Ubuntu Karmic Samba share. (No problems accessing it via the XP box at home). Samba version:
2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.1
The actual problem was ...
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NetBIOS names over VPN
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 box hosting a VPN to grant remote access to a home network.
The network does not and will not have a domain. (I need FUS on XP machines)
The VPN works fine, except ...
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DNS name resolution not being passed to NetBIOS
I have an XP workstation on a remote subnet that is not able to download the group policies. The Event Log entries are pretty clear. Upon troubleshooting it is clear that the workstation isn't able to ...
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Windows Server 2008 Stnd - Wins Issue Possibly?
Currently we have a freshly setup Windows Server 2008 server acting as DNS and AD,Print and File server.
I setup VPN and routing services and was able to successfully connect through VPN however I ...
