Siemens V4.0 manual Configuring NetBIOS

Configuring Advanced Server for UNIX Configuring NetBIOS

Use nbconfig either to display the current configuration or to dynamically activate or deac- tivate certain interfaces without having to restart NetBIOS.

Syntax:

nbconfig -i

nbconfig -e -d <interface_no> [<interface no> ... ] nbconfig -E -D <interface name> <ip-address>

[<interface name> <ip-address> ... ]

Options:

-i The current NetBIOS configuration is read from the kernel and displayed.

-e -d <interface no> [ <interface no> ... ]

The interface with the specified <interface no> is activated (-e option) or deactivated (-d option). Use the output of a previous nbconfig -icommand to get the correct number (<interface_no>) of the interface you want to activate or deactivate.

-E -D <interface name> <ip-address> [<interface name> <ip-address> ... ]

i

The interface with the specified name <interface name> or the specified IP address <ip-address> is activated (-E option) or deactivated (-D option). Use the output of a previous nbconfig -icommand to get the correct name (<interface_name>) or IP address (<ip-address>) of the interface you want to activate or deactivate. “default” may not be used for <interface name>.

Deactivating an interface does not make deactivation under UNIX obsolete in terms of removing a controller fully from the network. The deactivation simply prevents NetBIOS from sending broadcasts to the subnetworks and from using the IP address as the source address. NetBIOS will still send and receive packets over an interface which is UP in the sense of ifconfig(1M), even if it is deactivated by nbconfig.

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