Clarification needed for shared folder in 2003 environment

plettner

I'm currently studying for the 70-290 and needed some clarification on what I assume about shared folders and shared resources. Any help is appreciated.

1. When I connect to share (for example \\sever01\shared), I am connecting using a UNC via SMB?
2. SMB is part of the NetBIOS interface (part of NetBEUI)
3. If I run a totally IP network, no NetBEUI, I need to ensure NetBIOS runs over TCP/IP?

Now I assume those assumptions I made are correct, yes?

Now here's where I need some answers. :

If I'm running Active Directory and I publish \\server\shared, how does my workstation find \\server? I assume I would need to rely on WINS or LMHOSTS for my workstation to find these resources using a UNC.

What happens if I do not want to use WINS or NetBIOS over TCP (NBT) on my network? How do my workstations in a pure IP/Active Directory environment connect to share using a UNC?

I haven't done 70-291 (which is next on my list) so I hope someone can shed some light on this.

Thanks.

Mishra

Take a look at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block
https://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/dictionary/detail.asp?guid=&searchtype=1&DicID=18961&RefType=Encyclopedia
http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/SambaIntro.html
http://www.microsoft.com/mind/1196/cifs.asp

But it all comes down to name resolution... You want to change that name into an IP. You have to use SOME kind of method to change that into an IP. You can use DNS as long as you have a name that will resolve but DNS is different from NETBIOS/LMHOSTS/WINS. I'm not 100% sure of the exact order that resolution occurs... But I think it is something like this.


HOSTS
LMHOSTS
WINS
NETBIOS
DNS

sprkymrk

Mishra wrote:

I'm not 100% sure of the exact order that resolution occurs... But I think it is something like this.
HOSTS
LMHOSTS
WINS
NETBIOS
DNS

Do an ipconfig /all and check the line that says:

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

Instead of hybrid it might list P, B, or M-node. That setting will determine the order of name resolution. For H-node it is:

Name cache
WINS Server
Broadcast
LMHosts

This is a good link although it is specifically for W2K:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/prork/prcc_tcp_gclb.mspx?mfr=true

With W2K3 the default is P-node unless configured with a WINS server, in which case it is H-node (hybrid).

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/26aa93c2-4d61-4476-9eb9-7e6b5ecd2f431033.mspx?mfr=true

Mishra

This is a great reference.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/c24621675.mspx

plettner

Thanks for the links. I'm just reading through these now.

It's strange: the more I learn, the more I realise how much I don't know!

royal

sprkymrk wrote:

With W2K3 the default is P-node unless configured with a WINS server, in which case it is H-node (hybrid).

I'm sure you already know this but just made a simple mistake, but a workgroup machine is B-node by default, not P-Node (Peer).

Also, I just did ipconfig /all in Vista and it appears the default is Hybrid even when it's never been attached to a domain.

dynamik

plettner wrote:

Thanks for the links. I'm just reading through these now.

It's strange: the more I learn, the more I realise how much I don't know!

Welcome to the club. That means you're truly learning

That's the way I feel each time I earn a cert and start on a new one.