About the NetBIOS Interface

[Netbios is not supported on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and subsequent versions of the operating system]

The Netbios function takes one parameter, a pointer to a structure describing the NCB. The NCB structure contains information about the command to perform, an optional post routine, an optional event handle, and a pointer to a buffer that is used for messages or other data.

This overview discusses the following topics:

• NetBIOS Operation
• NetBIOS LANA Numbers
• NetBIOS Name Table
• NetBIOS Session
• NetBIOS Enhancements
• NetBIOS Commands

The NetBIOS Requests for Comments (RFC) are 1001, 1002, and 1088. For more information on NetBIOS 3.0, contact IBM and order the IBM Local Area Network Technical Reference: IEEE 802.2 and NETBIOS Application Programming Interfaces.

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