Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 10:34:55 -0700 (PDT) From: rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> To: John K <john@volvo.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Not able to see freebsd machines on NT machine Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.990509102718.9185D-100000@dsinw.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.990509144407.7037C-100000@nike.volvo.se>
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> On a side note: > I heard somewhere that the Mircosoft IP stack includes NetBios informatio= n > in it=B4s TCP/IP headers ( //Computernames and so on) and that this is wh= y > you can "browse the network" even if there=B4s no NetBeui on your=20 > windows box. =09If there is, I don't think it's terribly reliable. :) I unluckily=20 still end up putting NetBIOS on if I need to share resources between=20 Windows machines. I tried to share with just TCP/IP but when you go to=20 network neighborhood it's hit or miss if it'll see anything. Once you've=20 actually got things connected it seems a little more reliable.=20 =09Now, what I'd like to know is there any was I can kill=20 Windows95's keep alive packets. I.e. when I have a dial-up connection=20 (ppp with the -auto and -alias options,) with a time set up, Windows 9X=20 seems to ping the network and keeps it alive. :( =09=09=09=09=09Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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