Re: AD and netbios

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (levinson_k_at_despammed.com)
Date: 11/13/03 

Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:35:33 -0500

AD is not dependent on NetBIOS. You must keep NetBIOS enabled until you
have upgraded or removed all pre-windows 2000 clients from your domain.
There should be documentation on this in www.google.com and in various books
on the subject.

There is also an Active Directory client you can download and install onto
downlevel clients, not sure how exactly that changes the requirement for
NetBIOS on downlevel clients.

"M Barnes" <michael.barnes@ags-inc.us> wrote in message
news:eQ#cX6WqDHA.2848@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I have heard a rumor that if you shut off netbios on your network that
> Active Directory will fail because AD is dependant on netbios. I don't
> believe this and I cannot find it documented anywhere. Can anyone please
> advise? And could you tell me any good reasons to keep netbios on your
> network?
>
>

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