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one of the computers on the LAN fails to obtain an IP address, it may have an old DHCP client that incorrectly turns off the broadcast flag of
DHCP packets. Enabling Always Broadcast will cause the router to always broadcast its responses to all clients, thereby working around the
problem (at the cost of increased broadcast traffic on the LAN).
NetBIOS Announcement. Check this box to allow the DHCP Server to
offer NetBIOS configuration settings to the LAN hosts. NetBIOS allows
LAN hosts to discover all other computers within the network, e.g. within
"Network Neighborhood."
Learn BIOS from WAN. If NetBIOS advertisement is switched on, WINS
information will be learned from the WAN side, if available. Turn this
setting off to configure manually.
NetBIOS Scope. This is an advanced setting and is normally left blank.
This allows the configuration of a NetBIOS "domain" name under which
network hosts operate. This setting has no effect if the Learn NetBIOS
information from WAN is activated.
NetBIOS Node Type. Indicates how network hosts are to perform
NetBIOS name registration and discovery. This setting has no effect if the
Learn
NetBIOS information from WAN is activated.
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Broadcast only. This setting is useful where there are no
WINS servers available, however, it is preferred you try
Mixed-Mode operation first.
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Point-to-Point Mode. This setting indicates to use WINS
servers ONLY. This setting is useful to force all NetBIOS
operation to the configured WINS servers. You must have configured at least the primary WINS server IP to point to a working WINS
server.
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Mixed-Mode (default). First broadcast operation is performed to register hosts and discover other hosts, if broadcast operation fails,
WINS servers are tried, if any. This mode favors broadcast operation which may be preferred if WINS servers are reachable by a
slow network link and the majority of network services such as servers and printers are local to the LAN.
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Hybrid-State. First WINS servers are tried, if any, followed by local network broadcast. This is generally the preferred mode if you
have configured WINS servers.
Primary WINS IP Address. Configure the IP address of the preferred WINS server. WINS Servers store information regarding network hosts,
allowing hosts to „register‟ themselves as well as discover other available hosts, e.g. for use in "Network Neighborhood." This setting has no effect
if the Learn NetBIOS information from WAN is activated.
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