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iptables/netfilter rules for samba/netbios access

Which iptables-rules do I have to set to allow clients to access a samba server with working netbios (i.e. being able to use \MyServer instead of \192.168.0.1 to access the server from Windows)? I've got a small office server which is doing…
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NetBIOS over TCP/IP with no UDP

Is there a way to run NetBIOS entirely on TCP? I have an environment where UDP is not allowed. I need a way for the machines to talk to each other by name. I thought there might be a way to say that NetBIOS should run only on TCP and not on UDP. Is…
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Which machines should be running as master browser

We have a three site wan and are struggling to get WINS working in one of the sites. We've tried lots of trouble shooting and think it may be a result of miss configured master browsers. However I'm struggling to understand which machine should be…
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Windows Server 2008 R2 loses ability to connect to network share

I could sure use some help with this one: I've got two Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Terminal Servers, as well as several 2003 servers (DNS / Wins / AD / DC). On the two 2008 boxes, every now and then they will get in this mode where you can't map a…
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Disabling NetBIOS for Samba SMB2

I need to get a pcap for SMB2, but without using NetBIOS as a transport (Direct TCP connection). I did disable netbios on server and client. Both sides on Linux. [global] ... min protocol = SMB3 protocol = SMB3 disable netbios = yes When I…
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Name resolution issue on Windows 10

I have a small office network with a handful of Windows / Ubuntu machines of varying releases. A few days ago, one Windows machine lost the ability to access any services on the Ubuntu machines by hostname. I can resolve the Ubuntu hostname using…
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CentOS (with firewalld) - Forward udp (netbios) broadcast

I'm trying to implement a small lab infrastructure with VSphere with multiple LAN, 2 of the LANs are : Work : with employee laptops Trusted : With all my server (except web that is in a separate DMZ) Between those LANs I've a CentOS host with…
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Active Directory Domain where FQDN and NetBIOS name are the same

I have "inherited" an ancient domain (NT4, then upgraded to Win2000 Mixed Mode and now running on Win2003) where the NetBIOS name coincides with the DNS/FQDN one, and this is giving us problems with remote clients which need to be joined to the…
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OmniOS r151018 file server visible in samba4 Active Directory but not in Windows Network Neighborhood

I have a test setup containing: 3 AD domain controllers (set up to replicate between them), all running Samba 4.3 on Univention Corporate Server 4.1 1 Windows 7 SP1 client joined to the domain 1 OmniOS r151018 file server running napp-it 16.02f…
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Local Link Multicast Name Resolution replaces NetBIOS, yet textbook says otherwise

I am studying from Configuring Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure (our environment still has significant Windows 2008 R2 servers), and one question asks You are working on a Windows Server 2008 R2 computer named WS08A. You cannot connect…
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"You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network" Error on Server2003

I have a Server2003 server which started to have the error in the subject: System error 52 has occured "You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network." I get this error when I'm trying to access the server named "FileX"…
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Samba ignoring netbios name

I am trying to configure a new samba (3.6.9-151.el6) fileserver on CentOs 6.4 The browsing works, I can see the other Computers on the network using smbtree -N The server shows up in the list and is accessible under its dns/host name (FOO), which is…
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how to get netbios or wins traffic across multiple network hops

This network: I have a samba server in the main office LAN. I have multiple satellite offices, 3 hops away. Wins and netbios work fine, using both windows servers and samba servers. Such as: [ main ] -- [office a] [office] [ lan ] -- [office b] I…
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Active Directory Netbios character limit

Is it possible to join domains via FQDN rather than the Netbios name? Reason I ask is that with netbios character limit of 15, we have two hosts with the same netbios shortened name. Meaning we can join one computer to the domain, but if we join…
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Need for explanation: NetBIOS over TCP/IP on VMware network adapter disturbs access to network shares

(Moved here from StackOverflow) Some time ago nearly all workstations in our team (Windows XP SP2) exhibited intermittend but frequent delays when accessing shares on the network. Typically the first access to a share which hadn't been accessed for…
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