NetBiosName

nazoa · Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Posts: 58

Hello,

Can anyone give some ideas of where / how the NetBiosName parameter is set in the TCP/IP stack. What I am trying to do is to pass a name to the DHCP server to help users find the PIC board more easily in the network.

Thanks.

Ttelmah · Guest

TCP/IP, is a transport layer. NetBIOS, is another layer _above_ this. You can have a system implementing TCP/IP, and NetBIOS, is not involved at all. The TCP/IP stack, sould have the 'host name', which is commonly the NetBIOS name, plus it's primary DNS Suffix (it doesn't have to be), but unless you are implementing NetBIOS over the TCP/IP layer, there will not be a NetBIOS name involved.
Do a search for RFC1001, which describes how NetBIOS is implemented over the TCP/IP transport.

Best Wishes

nazoa · Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Posts: 58

Thanks for your reply. Yeah, I did not make myself too clear. I using the 'TCP/IP' stack code that includes a NetBios module and my question really refers to this module.

Thanks again.