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by Member 24778686

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I wanted to know is it necessary to put netbeui as a protocol for a windows 2000 server domain. I dont want to use it but I was told that I had to. I have a domain with 400+ users and want to take the netbeui out. *What does netbeui really do?

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by Former member

Netbeui is an old microsoft protocol which was used on peer to peer networks. It's an old protocol which has no use in today's windows environment. It's not even routable. TCP/IP is all you need.

by wtafuro

I beg to differ with the last answer but I have found that if you have a mixed OS LAN, in other words, you have 98, 95, or ME on your LAN and you are sharing printers, leave the NETBUEI on the system and you will have fewer problems. If all of yourcomputers are NT or higher you can get away with just TCP/IP.

True the NETBEUI is not routable but it is a very stable and small network protocol and will work very well within a non-routed LAN. Great backup if your TCP/IP fails.

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