Shmoo,

Here are some links for you:

http://www.ossir.org/ftp/supports/96/netbios-1.html

http://www.ossir.org/ftp/supports/96/netbios-2.html

http://huizen.dds.nl/~jacco2/samba/smb.html

For more do a search in Google using the terms: what netbios is used for

dark1,

115 posts could be about anything but NetBIOS. It is something that seems to be primarily used by windows although it is available for other OSes. So it is conceivable that Shmoo hasn't talked about it or hasn't gotten a full decent description of what NetBIOS actually is. It's one thing to talk about how to use it, its another to truly understand it.