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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.xml | 6 |
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diff --git a/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.xml b/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.xml index 43965513be..3c33ad94b2 100644 --- a/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.xml +++ b/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.xml @@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ effect browse list management. When running NetBIOS over TCP/IP, this uses UDP-b UDP messages can be broadcast or uni-cast. </para> - <para> <indexterm><primary>UDP</primary></indexterm> Normally, only uni-cast UDP messaging can be forwarded by routers. The @@ -173,6 +172,11 @@ implements browse list collation using uni-cast UDP. </para> <para> +The methods and order of methods used by MS Windows to perform name lookup requests (name resolution) +is determined by a configuration parameter called the netbios node-type. +</para> + +<para> Secondly, in those networks where Samba is the only SMB server technology, wherever possible <filename>nmbd</filename> should be configured on one machine as the WINS server. This makes it easy to manage the browsing environment. If each network |