Netbios Filtering Settings - D-Link xStack DGS-3420 Series Reference Manual

xStack® DGS-3420 Series Layer 2 Managed Stackable Gigabit Switch Web UI Reference Guide

NetBIOS Filtering Settings

NetBIOS is an application programming interface, providing a set of functions that applications use to communicate
across networks. NetBEUI, the NetBIOS Enhanced User Interface, was created as a data-link-layer frame structure
for NetBIOS. A simple mechanism to carry NetBIOS traffic, NetBEUI has been the protocol of choice for small MS-
DOS- and Windows-based workgroups. NetBIOS no longer lives strictly inside of the NetBEUI protocol. Microsoft
worked to create the international standards described in RFC 1001 and RFC 1002, NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NBT).
If the network administrator wants to block the network communication on more than two computers which use
NETBUEI protocol, it can use NETBIOS filtering to filter these kinds of packets.
If the user enables the NETBIOS filter, the switch will create one access profile and three access rules
automatically. If the user enables the extensive NETBIOS filter, the switch will create one more access profile and
one more access rule.
To view this window, click Security > NetBIOS Filtering Settings as shown below:
The fields that can be configured are described below:
Parameter
NetBIOS Filtering Ports
Unit
Ports
Extensive NetBIOS
Filtering Ports
Ports
Click the Select All button to select all ports for configuration.
Click the Clear All button to remove all the ports.
Click the Apply button to accept the changes made for each individual section.
Figure 8-60 NetBIOS Filtering Settings window
Description
Select the appropriate port to include in the NetBIOS filtering configuration.
Select the unit you wish to configure.
Tick the appropriate ports that will be included in the NetBIOS filtering configuration.
Select the appropriate port to include in the Extensive NetBIOS filtering
configuration. Extensive NetBIOS is NetBIOS over 802.3. The Switch will deny the
NetBIOS over 802.3 frame on these enabled ports.
Tick the appropriate ports that will be included in the Extensive NetBIOS filtering
configuration.
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