Netbios Name Server and DHCP

[Matt Hickman]

A couple of years ago someone at IBM told me which options
to set in the DHCPCD.CFG so that the netbios name servers
are configured via DHCP. Unfortunately, I have forgotten
which option(s)they were. At the time, I think they were
published on one of the IBM OS/2 cforums, but I no longer
have access to those.

Could someone please point me to where this might be documented?

Thanks much.

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Matt Hickman
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could even hold coffee, much less a whole galaxy.
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[Rod Smith]

[Posted and mailed]

In article <8t9bnk$dmp$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,

Matt Hickman <matth...@my-deja.com> writes:
> A couple of years ago someone at IBM told me which options
> to set in the DHCPCD.CFG so that the netbios name servers
> are configured via DHCP. Unfortunately, I have forgotten
> which option(s)they were. At the time, I think they were
> published on one of the IBM OS/2 cforums, but I no longer
> have access to those.

If the options are the same as in standard Unix-style dhcpcd (on Linux,
specifically), they are:

option netbios-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
option netbios-node-type 8;

Substitute your name server address for 192.168.1.1, obviously. The node
type is a code for B-node, H-node, etc. 8 is the code for an H-node,
which is the most efficient type (H-nodes try to access the NetBIOS name
server first, then use broadcasts as a fallback position).

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Rod Smith, rods...@rodsbooks.com
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Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration

[Matt Hickman]

In article <dHXJ5.93728$bI6.3...@news1.giganews.com>,
rods...@rodsbooks.com wrote:
> [Posted and mailed]
>

> If the options are the same as in standard Unix-style dhcpcd (on
Linux,
> specifically), they are:
>
> option netbios-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
> option netbios-node-type 8;
>
> Substitute your name server address for 192.168.1.1, obviously. The
node
> type is a code for B-node, H-node, etc. 8 is the code for an H-node,
> which is the most efficient type (H-nodes try to access the NetBIOS
name
> server first, then use broadcasts as a fallback position).

Thanks.

Is the information you gave me above how the DHCP server is
configured? Or am I misunderstanding you? I was looking for
the client configuration.

I found my old dhcpcd.cfg with the following:

...
option 44 # Netbios over TCP/IP Name Server
option 45 # Netbios over TCP/IP Datagram Distribution Server
option 46 # Netbios over TCP/IP Node Type
option 47 # Netbios Over TCP/IP Scope
...

And found the rfc at:

http://community.roxen.com/developers/idocs/rfc/rfc2132.html

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Matt Hickman
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[Rod Smith]

[Posted and mailed]

In article <8tbttq$g66$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,

Matt Hickman <matth...@my-deja.com> writes:
> In article <dHXJ5.93728$bI6.3...@news1.giganews.com>,
> rods...@rodsbooks.com wrote:
>> [Posted and mailed]
>>
>
>> If the options are the same as in standard Unix-style dhcpcd (on
> Linux,
>> specifically), they are:
>>
>> option netbios-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
>> option netbios-node-type 8;
>>
>> Substitute your name server address for 192.168.1.1, obviously. The
> node
>> type is a code for B-node, H-node, etc. 8 is the code for an H-node,
>> which is the most efficient type (H-nodes try to access the NetBIOS
> name
>> server first, then use broadcasts as a fallback position).
>
> Thanks.
>
> Is the information you gave me above how the DHCP server is
> configured? Or am I misunderstanding you? I was looking for
> the client configuration.

Sorry. Yes, that's the DHCP SERVER configuration. I missed the second
"c" in the filename you specified.