NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) enabled means that the NetBIOS protocol can operate over TCP/IP networks. This allows legacy applications that rely on NetBIOS for network communication to function on modern IP-based networks. When enabled, it facilitates name resolution and session services for devices on the network, enabling them to communicate more effectively. This feature is often used in Windows environments for file sharing and printer access.
TCP IP utility was the most useful when troubleshooting for a few reasons. It contains important information like NetBIOS over TCP IP and there connections.
Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) provides a dynamic replicated database service that can register and resolve NetBIOS names to IP addresses used on your network. The Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 family provides WINS, which enables the server computer to act as a NetBIOS name server and register and resolve names for WINS-enabled client computers on your network as described in the NetBIOS over TCP/IP standards.
Windows internet Name Service (WINS) provides a dynamic replicated database service that can register and resolve NetBIOS names to IP addresses used on your network. The Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 family provides WINS, which enables the server computer to act as a NetBIOS name server and register and resolve names for WINS-enabled client computers on your network as described in the NetBIOS over TCP/IP standards.
Windows internet Name Service (WINS) provides a dynamic replicated database service that can register and resolve NetBIOS names to IP addresses used on your network. The Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 family provides WINS, which enables the server computer to act as a NetBIOS name server and register and resolve names for WINS-enabled client computers on your network as described in the NetBIOS over TCP/IP standards.
Worth noting is the popular confusion between the names NetBIOS and NetBEUI. NetBEUI originated strictly as the moniker for IBM's enhanced 1985 NetBIOS emulator for token ring. The name NetBEUI should have died there, considering that at the time, the NetBIOS implementations by other companies were known simply as NetBIOS regardless of whether they incorporated the API extensions found in that emulator. For MS-NET, however, Microsoft elected to name its implementation of the NBF protocol "NetBEUI" - literally naming its implementation of the transport protocol after IBM's second version of the API. Consequently, even today, Microsoft file and printer sharing over Ethernet continues to be called NetBEUI, with the name NetBIOS commonly used only in reference to file and printer sharing overTCP/IP. In truth, the former is NetBIOS over NBF, and the latter is NetBIOS over NBT.
nbtstat
NetBIOS is an acronym for Network Basic Input/Output System. Network basic input/output system allows two or more different computers to communicate over the same area network.
nbtstat is a command-line utility in Windows used for troubleshooting NetBIOS over TCP/IP connections. It displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections that use NetBIOS, allowing users to view NetBIOS name tables and resolve issues related to name resolution and connection problems. The tool is particularly useful for diagnosing network issues in environments using legacy NetBIOS services.
Netbios over tcp/ip
Both computers need the latest patch. Then just start a game and select multiplay and it should work fine.
Online Enabled means that you can play >over the internet< with other people. Note that you need to be connected to the internet to play online.
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