Net Beui

[E Smith]

I have Windows Xp Home on a laptop and XP Pro on desktop.
Using a Linx Router with a 4 port switch, I was unable to
share or even see each other. Tried everything I could
find in the knowledge base and still no connection. An
article at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
scid=kb;en-us;306059 sugeested that Netbeui was not a
router protocal. I tried it anyway on both computers and
now the network works fine..... Will I now encounter
other problems.......what did I do wrong that I had to
use it in the first place

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
I have Windows Xp Home on a laptop and XP Pro on desktop.
Using a Linx Router with a 4 port switch, I was unable to
share or even see each other. Tried everything I could
find in the knowledge base and still no connection. An
article at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
scid=kb;en-us;306059 sugeested that Netbeui was not a
router protocal. I tried it anyway on both computers and
now the network works fine..... Will I now encounter
other problems.......what did I do wrong that I had to
use it in the first place
.

Hello
Set your network protocol (network conections)
<Client for MS Network,File and printer sharing,NWLink &
TCP/IP>
run your network wizard and it should work
Hope this helps
Jim

 

[Bernie]

NetBEUI is not a router protocol, nor is it routable.
There is a difference between a routed protocol and a routing protocol.
Examples of router protocols are RIP, IGRP, EIGRP etc.
You don't need NetBEUI at all, in fact very few need it, which is why it's
not installed by default anymore.
NetBIOS is more robust internally and should be used instead, although it
has it's detractors.
Allow NetBIOS over TCP/IP on the WINS config tab of TCP/IP and uninstall
NetBEUI.
The problem your having does not have anything to do with the router.

 

[Eric Thompson]

I am by no means a computer expert here, but I can share my experiences with the same problem a whole host of those in this newsgroup are experiencing.

I have installed IPX/SPX protocols on all 4 of the computers in my home network. To test the effectiveness of this "fix" and to make sure there weren't other extenuating circumstances that cured the problem, I uninstalled the protocol on one machine at a time. without exception, the machine that did not have the protocol on it failed to communicate with the other computers on the network. After reinstalling the IPX/SPX protocol, the communication was restored.

Of course, there are other settings that must be in place and those are covered in many of the posts in this newsgroup. For instance, the WINXP firewall must be turned off, the workgroup name must be consistent, and shared folders on each machine must be setup properly.

An additional step that may also help users of third party firewalls is to setup a IP range within a "Trusted Zone" of the firewall program. You can still leave the setting for the Trusted Zone at the default level of security but the firewall will not block internal communications between computers assigned in the Trusted Zone. This can work with either DHCP enabled or disabled. If DHCP is enabled, simply set the maximum number of users on the router/AP to the number of maximum number of computers on your network and the IP range set within the Trusted Zone of the firewall program will always contain the IP address of all of your computers.

I hope this helps someone fix the frustrating problems so often shared in this newsgroup. Of course, my fix may not work for you, but it did for me. Network speed is not affected in my setup, or at least has not been affected so far. The transfer of large files and directories proceed swiftly and completely.

--
Eric Thompson
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NetBEUI is not a router protocol, nor is it routable.
There is a difference between a routed protocol and a routing protocol.
Examples of router protocols are RIP, IGRP, EIGRP etc.
You don't need NetBEUI at all, in fact very few need it, which is why it's
not installed by default anymore.
NetBIOS is more robust internally and should be used instead, although it
has it's detractors.
Allow NetBIOS over TCP/IP on the WINS config tab of TCP/IP and uninstall
NetBEUI.
The problem your having does not have anything to do with the router.

 

[Jim]

I am no expert either but i am running a home network
with a 4 port router and cable ISP and by adding the
NWLink IXP/SPX/netbios Protocol I can access my network
with the firewalls on all 4 puters and share a printer
off one puter.
Jim

-----Original Message-----
I am by no means a computer expert here, but I can share

my experiences with the same problem a whole host of
those in this newsgroup are experiencing.

I have installed IPX/SPX protocols on all 4 of the

computers in my home network. To test the effectiveness
of this "fix" and to make sure there weren't other
extenuating circumstances that cured the problem, I
uninstalled the protocol on one machine at a time.
without exception, the machine that did not have the
protocol on it failed to communicate with the other
computers on the network. After reinstalling the IPX/SPX
protocol, the communication was restored.

Of course, there are other settings that must be in

place and those are covered in many of the posts in this
newsgroup. For instance, the WINXP firewall must be
turned off, the workgroup name must be consistent, and
shared folders on each machine must be setup properly.

An additional step that may also help users of third

party firewalls is to setup a IP range within a "Trusted
Zone" of the firewall program. You can still leave the
setting for the Trusted Zone at the default level of
security but the firewall will not block internal
communications between computers assigned in the Trusted
Zone. This can work with either DHCP enabled or disabled.
If DHCP is enabled, simply set the maximum number of
users on the router/AP to the number of maximum number of
computers on your network and the IP range set within the
Trusted Zone of the firewall program will always contain
the IP address of all of your computers.

I hope this helps someone fix the frustrating problems

so often shared in this newsgroup. Of course, my fix may
not work for you, but it did for me. Network speed is not
affected in my setup, or at least has not been affected
so far. The transfer of large files and directories
proceed swiftly and completely.