Re: Shields up network bondage in WinXP

From: OliverS (OES_removespam_test_at_ameritech.net)
Date: 09/30/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:49:15 -0400

Kent W. England [MVP] wrote:
> On the Advanced TCP/IP panel, select "Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP". If
> you have "File and printer sharing" installed, it will use only NetBEUI,
> if NetBEUI is installed.
>
> Closing those NetBIOS ports is essentially the same as disabling it. I
> expect a personal firewall is the only way to block ports on an
> interface without disabling NetBIOS.
>

Does it follow that if NetBEUI is not installed, and one is using TCP/IP
for the LAN, then NetBIOS must be left connected to TCP/IP in order to
enable file and printer sharing?

I had had NetBEUI installed, using it for the LAN (I am running Win XP
Pro on two computers, and Win 98 on a third networked computer), but the
dual protocols seemed to cause problems. I uninstalled the NetBEUI and
am not running only TCP/IP. I rely on the hardware firewall in my DSL
router, and the Norton Internet Security and each of the computers for
protection. 

-- 
Oliver E. Seikel
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