3com 5500-SI Manual De Usuario

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For Microsoft Windows-based DHCP clients that communicate through NetBIOS 
protocol, the host name-to-IP address translation is carried out by WINS servers. So 
you need to perform WINS-related configuration for most Windows-based hosts. 
Currently, you can configure up to eight NetBIOS addresses for a DHCP address pool.

Host name-to-IP address mappings are needed for DHCP clients communicating 
through NetBIOS protocol. According to the way to establish the mapping, NetBIOS 
nodes fall into the following four categories:

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B-node. Nodes of this type establish their mappings through broadcasting. (The 
character b stands for the word broadcast.)

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P-node. Nodes of this type establish their mappings by communicating with 
NetBIOS servers. (The character p stands for peer-to-peer.)

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M-node. Nodes of this type are p-nodes mixed with broadcasting features. (The 
character m stands for the word mixed.)

■

H-node. Nodes of this type are b-nodes mixed with peer-to-peer features. (The 
character h stands for the word hybrid.)

Table 125   Configure NetBIOS services for DHCP clients

Enter system view

system-view

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Configure NetBIOS 
server addresses for 
DHCP clients

Configure for 
the current 
interface

interface interface-type 
interface-number

Required
By default, no NetBIOS 
server address is 
configured.

dhcp server nbns-list 
ip-address&<1-8>

quit

Configure for 
multiple 
interfaces

dhcp server nbns-list 
ip-address&<1-8> { interface 
interface-type 
interface-number [ to 
interface-type 
interface-number ] | all }

Configure DHCP 
clients to be of a 
specific NetBIOS node 
type

Configure for 
the current 
interface

interface interface-type 
interface-number

Required
By default, a DHCP 
client is an h-node.

dhcp server netbios-type { 
b-node | h-node | m-node | 
p-node }

quit

Configure for 
multiple 
interfaces

dhcp server netbios-type { 
b-node | h-node | m-node | 
p-node } { interface 
interface-type 
interface-number [ to 
interface-type 
interface-number ] | all }