[OS2Wireless] anyone have GenMac and NETBIOS/TCPIP working?
Date:
Sun, 27 Nov 2005 21:17:17 -0700
To:
os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
** Reply to message from "Chris Clayton" <clayton@ieee.org> on Sun, 27 Nov 2005
21:05:35 -0700 (MST)
> These files can be manually created or setup using the
> NetBIOS over TCP/IP properties dialog in System Setup | Network |
> Adapters and Protocol These files need to be copied to every computer
> on your system. Then, Peer needs to be stopped on each machine,
> RFCCACHE.LST deleted, and Peer restarted, as I indicated below. The
> reason this needs to be done is done, is that NetBIOS over TCP/IP will
> use the cache first, then the names and broadcast list, and finally
> broadcast to the world. The cache has a long memory! So if the name
> you are reaching doesn't match the mac address you are using... I made
> the 'mistake' once of reusing a name for a machine I hadn't used for
> two years.
Chris, this is the reason for running RFCADDR.EXE - that cache is flushed w/o
the shutdown/restart hassle. You are right about the latency - seems like some
of the stuff is kept over restarts as well. Real pain when you are servicing
hardware!
--
Will Honea <hwj25@qwest.net>
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