3Com 5500-SI - Configuring Netbios Services for DHCP Clients

136 CHAPTER 10: DHCP SERVER CONFIGURATION
Configuring NetBIOS
Services for DHCP
Clients
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:
■ B-node. Nodes of this type establish their mappings through broadcasting. (The
character b stands for the word broadcast.)
■ P-node. Nodes of this type establish their mappings by communicating with
NetBIOS servers. (The character p stands for peer-to-peer.)
■ 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
Operation Command Description
Enter system view system-view -
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 }