NetBios, NetBEUI, NBF, SMB, CIFS Networking

Timothy D Evans

Copyright 1998, 2003 by Timothy D Evans

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Last updated: 3 February 2002

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Index

• Introduction
  • History
  • Implementation
  • Acknowledgments
• Addressing - NetBios names
• Name Management Protocol
  • Name Management Frames in NetBIOS on 802.2 networks
• User Datagram Protocol
  • NetBIOS Non-Session Frames on 802.2 networks
• NetBIOS Diagnostic and Monitoring Protocol
  • NetBIOS Diagnostic and Monitoring frames on 802.2 networks
• NetBIOS Session Management Protocol
  • NetBIOS Session Frames - Name Query - on 802.2 networks
  • NetBIOS Session Frames - Establishment and Termination - on 802.2 networks
  • NetBIOS Session Frames - Data Transfer - on 802.2 networks
• IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control
• Token Ring
• Ethernet
• Encapsulation
  • TCP/IP Internet Protocol / Transmission Control Protocol
    • Name Resolution
  • IPX/SPX
  • NetBIOS Interface and Name Service Support by Lower Layer OSI Protocols
  • International Standards Organization (ISO) Protocol Suite
  • PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
• Encapsulating
• Comparison of NetBIOS protocols in Token ring
• Server Message Block Protocol (SMB)
  • SMB History
  • SMB Overview
  • SMB Addressing
  • SMB on NBF
  • SMB frame header
  • SMB Command Codes
  • SMB Error Class
  • SMB Return Codes for Error class 0x00
  • SMB Return Codes for Error class 0x02
  • SMB Dialects
  • Further information
• Browser Service
• Appendix: Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model
• Appendix: NetBIOS protocols in IBM PC Network
  • Name Management Frames in IBM PC Networks
  • Datagram Packet in IBM PC Network
  • NetBIOS Session Management Protocol in IBM PC Networks
• Appendix: Comparison of NetBIOS protocols in IBM PC Network
• Appendix: Revision History
• Glossary
• References