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Re: Change Node Type via Group Policy

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Marcin

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Jan 5, 2008, 7:31:38 PM1/5/08
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JayDee,
Actually the registry entry that controls NetBT node type (DhcpNodeType of
DWORD data type) is located under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters
and is not network adapter specific.

hth


Jorge de Almeida Pinto [MVP - DS]

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Jan 6, 2008, 3:12:10 PM1/6/08
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create a custom ADM file see below. copy everything between the ------------
lines into a file with an ADM extension and load that into a GPO that has a
scope for the clients you want to change that setting for

it is not NIC dependent
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; Written by Jorge de Almeida Pinto [MVP-DS]
; http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/
; Custom ADM to configure NetBIOS related stuff for servers
; REMARK: these are preferences and NOT policies. As such make sure you
enable viewing of preferences in the GPEditor!

CLASS MACHINE

CATEGORY "System"
CATEGORY "Custom Settings NetBIOS"
KEYNAME "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters"
POLICY "NetBIOS NodeType"
EXPLAIN "EXPLANATION: Sets the NetBIOS node type. When WINS servers are
used, the default is hybrid (h), otherwise broadcast (b)."
PART "NetBIOS NodeType" DROPDOWNLIST NOSORT
VALUENAME "NodeType"
ITEMLIST
NAME "NodeType B" VALUE NUMERIC 1
NAME "NodeType P" VALUE NUMERIC 2
NAME "NodeType M" VALUE NUMERIC 4
NAME "NodeType H" VALUE NUMERIC 8 DEFAULT
END ITEMLIST
END PART
PART "NodeType B = Broadcast" TEXT
END PART
PART "NodeType P = WINS servers only" TEXT
END PART
PART "NodeType M = Broadcast first, then use WINS servers" TEXT
END PART
PART "NodeType H = Use WINS servers first, then use broadcast" TEXT
END PART
END POLICY
END CATEGORY
END CATEGORY

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(HOPEFULLY THIS INFORMATION HELPS YOU!)

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"JayDee" <dopa...@mail.com> wrote in message
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>I would like to set all computers in our test environment to never do
> a broadcast for name resolution. The problem is, many computers do not
> use DHCP, the normal location where "node type" is set. Is there
> another way (through a group policy for example) to change this value?
> I'm assuming the registry location varies based on the network card
> name, so would a custom policy with a registry change even be
> possible?
>
> Thanks
>
> - JayDee

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