Have 2000 or Xp and internet? Disable Netbios over TCP/IP!
This is critical, and if you don't you will get hacked into next week!! Use netbeui for netbios on your lan, (ON XP it's on the cd in the valueadd folder), or disable netbios over TCP/IP on your internet connected nic and leave it enabled on your lan nic.
This is critical, and if you don't you will get hacked into next week!!
Use netbeui for netbios on your lan, (ON XP it's on the cd in the valueadd folder), or disable netbios over TCP/IP on your internet connected nic and leave it enabled on your lan nic.
To do this:
Rioght click your internet conected conection, goto advanced TCP/IP properties, then click the wins tab.
Click the box "Disable netbios over TCP/IP.
Nothing over the internet has any reason to have netbios access over TCP/IP so nothing will break on you.
Cheers!
Use netbeui for netbios on your lan, (ON XP it's on the cd in the valueadd folder), or disable netbios over TCP/IP on your internet connected nic and leave it enabled on your lan nic.
To do this:
Rioght click your internet conected conection, goto advanced TCP/IP properties, then click the wins tab.
Click the box "Disable netbios over TCP/IP.
Nothing over the internet has any reason to have netbios access over TCP/IP so nothing will break on you.
Cheers!
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We covered that here:
http://www.ntcompatible.com/forums/viewt...asc&start=0
although I am curious why you think next week is so special. Is there some sort of time bomb worm out there? Not that it matters, many ISPs stopped allowing NetBIOS traffic a *long* time ago because of people browsing other people's computers (this was problematic on cable-based broadband). But, you shouldn't be using it anyway on an external interface so it's good practice to disable it.
http://www.ntcompatible.com/forums/viewt...asc&start=0
although I am curious why you think next week is so special. Is there some sort of time bomb worm out there? Not that it matters, many ISPs stopped allowing NetBIOS traffic a *long* time ago because of people browsing other people's computers (this was problematic on cable-based broadband). But, you shouldn't be using it anyway on an external interface so it's good practice to disable it.
Netbios is not defualt installed anyways in XP - or at least not in any installation i have done.
i shall have to go back and check. i will be formating 3 new dells today so i can check for sure.
