Product Manual U7613-J-Z815-6-76
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5 Configuring Advanced Server for UNIX
This chapter contains the information required to configure Advan ced Server for UNIX. You
must have root privilege to configure NetBIOS and Advanced Server for UNIX.

5.1 Configuring NetBIOS

The following section first gives a brief introduction to NetBIOS.
The remaining sections include the following type of information you need to configure
NetBIOS:
●The second section describes how to configure network interfaces so that they can be
used by NetBIOS.
●The 3rd section describes how to configure NetBIOS name resolution.
●If not stated otherwise all following descriptions imply that all NetBIO S tuning param-
eters use predefined values. The fourth sections will show how – in case o f need – the
behavior of NetBIOS can be influenced by changing the tuning parameters.
In what follows the reader is assumed to be familiar with the basic concepts and t erms of
TCP/IP networking (IP addresses, netmasks, subnets etc.).