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| NetBIOS with DHCP options |
| NetBIOS over TCP/IP allows host name resolution for NetBIOS names over the TCP/IP protocol. |
| Windows 2000 uses NetBIOS over TCP/IP to communicate with earlier Windows platforms such as |
| Windows NT and Windows 9x. |
| Windows also supports direct hosting, which allows the Windows 2000 client to perform name |
| resolution using DNS directly over TCP/IP without NetBIOS. Windows 2000 clients attempt to |
| establish a connection with both NetBIOS over TCP/IP and direct hosting. Whichever method |
| succeeds first is the one you'll use. |
| You can disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP and force the Windows 2000 client to use DNS to improve |
| network performance if all the network computers to which the computer needs to connect are |
| running Windows 2000 or later. |
| You can take one of two approaches to disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP: disable it outright or |
| configure the computer to take its settings from a DHCP server. The latter is the default setting. |
| To configure the client, follow these steps: |
| Open the Properties for the network interface in the Network And Dial-Up Connections folder. |
| Open the Properties for the TCP/IP protocol, click the Advanced tab, and then click the WINS tab. |
| Select Disable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP to disable it outright, or select Use NetBIOS Setting From |
| DHCP Server if you want the computer to pull the NetBIOS setting when it renews its address |
| Open the scope on the DHCP server using the DHCP console. |
| Right-click Scope Options and choose Configure Options. |
| Click the Advanced tab, and then under Vendor Class, select Microsoft Options. |
| Select 001 Microsoft Disable NetBIOS Option and set Data Entry to 0x2. |
| Then, close the scope options and use ipconfig on the client to renew the lease. |
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