[comp.protocols.tcp-ip] LAN Manager

gme@DOLPHIN.NO (Melbye/Nd) (04/17/91)

We would like to use Lan Manager on a TCP/IP network that
includes IProuters.
Due to the fact that Lan Manager is using netbios, this
configuration seems to be impossible.

There have been some rumours about some "netbios routers"
applications on either DOS/OS2 or Unix that can solve
this problem.

Does anyone know about this ?

Brit Jensen, Norsk Data

backman@FTP.COM (Larry Backman) (04/17/91)

 >> 
 >> 
 >> We would like to use Lan Manager on a TCP/IP network that
 >> includes IProuters.
 >> Due to the fact that Lan Manager is using netbios, this
 >> configuration seems to be impossible.
 >> 
 >> There have been some rumours about some "netbios routers"
 >> applications on either DOS/OS2 or Unix that can solve
 >> this problem.
 >> 
 >> Does anyone know about this ?
 >> 
 >> Brit Jensen, Norsk Data
 >> 
 >> 
Our OS/2 TCP Netbios has a hack built into it that if a certain switch
(-nfilename I think) is set, it searchs that file for a name/internet address
combination whenever NETBIOS name queries fail.  Thus if your file
had:

	joe	silly.foo.com
	tom	128.127.44.33

and you tried a

	net use q: \\joe\public

when the name query for joe failed on your local net; the netbios would
then go off to silly.foo.com via DNS lookups & look there.


Does this help you?



				Larry Backman
				backman@ftp.com