There are 4 types of the NetBIOS nodes of the Microsoft DHCP client: 1) Broadcast, which carries out
the NetBIOS name resolution by the broadcast method, 2) Peer-to-peer, which directly requests the
WINS server to carry out the NetBIOS name resolution, 3) Mixed, which requests the name resolution
by the broadcast method firstly, and then carry out the name resolution by the WINS server
connection, 4) Hybrid, which requests the WINS server to carry out the NetBIOS name resolution
firstly, and it will carry out the NetBIOS name resolution by the broadcast method if the response is
not received.
By default, the node type for Microsoft operating system is broadcast or hybrid. If the WINS server is
not configured, broadcast node is used. Otherwise, hybrid node is used. It is recommended to set the
type of the NetBIOS node as Hybrid.
Use this command to define the network number and network mask of the DHCP address pool in the
DHCP address pool configuration mode. Use the no form of this command to restore the default
setting.