RE : RE : [lwip-users] Device name

[Frédéric BERNON]

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netbios (for people who speak french ;) )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetBIOS

I join you a ZIP file where you can find:

- some Microsoft code with some types and defines, and the function
- a wireshark capture file to got a sample

And you can look in http://www.mycplus.com/out.asp?CID=1&SCID=187 the 
FormatNetbiosName function (you need the inversed one, but it can help you).
  
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-----Message d'origine-----
De : address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden De la part de Nicolas Pinault
Envoyé : jeudi 18 octobre 2007 11:14
À : Mailing list for lwIP users
Objet : Re: RE : [lwip-users] Device name



> Hello
>
> Just as a remark: you actually don't need to implement the *whole* 
> NetBIOS
> stack, the only thing you want to do is to reply to naming messages that 
> contain the name of your device.
>
> We've already implemented that solution in our system, and it's 
> working as a
> marvel:
>
>     - The source code (in C++ since we use Thread classes) is 380 
> lines long
> (including comments describing packets)
>     - In Windows, when you use any program that calls gethostbyaddr (ping, 
> IE, Firefox, Telnet, LabVIEW, ...) Windows will automagically send out a 
> broadcast for that NetBIOS name and find your device, even if there's no DNS 
> or DHCP server (note that distinguishing between DNS names and NetBIOS names 
> is trivial: a NetBIOS name cannot contain a dot, a DNS name has to contain a 
> dot).
>     - In Linux/OS X, a manual call to "nblookup" is required (that'll return 
> the IP address for that name). We've actually done a Java class that does 
> that resolution automatically (if it contains a dot ask DNS, otherwise call 
> nblookup).
>
> Cheers
>
> S. Ali Tokmen
> http://ali.tokmen.com
>
>   
Thanks for your advices.

Nicolas


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