Re: (PM) Multiple DNS enteries om PM3 (fwd)

Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Mon, 2 Feb 1998 19:02:54 -0600 (CST)

On Sun, 1 Feb 1998, James wrote:

> Hello
> I thought NBNS was only in ComOS 3.8, but I have never tried it in
> ComOS 3.7
> Also most people will know a NBNS(NetBIOS NameServer) as a WINS server.
> So why don't you rename NBNS to WINS. Just a RFE for the poor people who
> have to use the buggy Microsoft software. Even salesmen will understand
> this. Or do you want to emphasize the fact that Microsoft still use the
> very dated NetBIOS protocol for all Microsoft networking. I think that

They use NETBEUI which is NOT exactly the same as NETBIOS.

I have used Powerlan since 1978 which is THE original netbios stuff and it
only "sorta" works with Netbeui.

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