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Thanks for all the quick responses!

WinXP is my operating system.

"Iceman" <c0ld0n3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:47f2iugq33jsp6b4vllsfejr8ffhdf14lo@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 05:30:53 GMT, "Berk S. Daemon"
> <someone@somewhere.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >"BPC" <theconsumer@comcast.net> wrote in message
> >news:jyaU8.565721$Oa1.36076408@bin8.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com...
> >> After spending the majority of my evening on the phone with incompetent
> >> Linksys support, the last one told me I need to find "netbeiu" (his
> >> spelling) and learn how to install it. He says I need this to make the
> >> Linksys wireless print server work with their wireless router. He says
> >once
> >> I install this magical file everything will work perfectly.
> >>
> >> Here's the problem: He could not tell me what the file is, where to
find
> >it
> >> or how to install it. He just mentioned this file then told me he
couldn't
> >> stay on the phone with me any longer! He was the 3rd Linksys support
> >person
> >> to mention this file and offer no suggestions on how to find it. I'm
> >fairly
> >> computer savvy, (I set up the rest of the wireless network) so could
> >someone
> >> point me in the direction of this magical end-all file to solve my
> >wireless
> >> print server issue?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance. It's good to know there is someone out there who is
> >> willing (and unlike Linksys support, able) to help!
> >>
> >> BPC
> >
> >If they're product(s) require NetBEUI or any form of NetBIOS, then if I
were
> >you I would immediatly return the product with some ass wipe in the box
to
> >the manufacturer and tell them that's what you think of it!
> >
>
> You need a form of NetBios on any windows network in order to
> communicate with other devices and or computers. Your firewall should
> block it from getting out on to the NET.
>
> NetBeui is faster than TCP/IP and is a simplified way of communicating
> on a local lan for small workgroups, it is brainless, no config needed
> and will not run on the internet. (to keep your internet running fast
> on a dial up make sure that netbeui and ipx/ is not enabled for the
> modem connection)
>
> If you do not like either of these protocols the I suggest you run a
> *nix box and stay away from Samba