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PC TOKEN-RING NETWORK AND NETBIOS APPLICATIONS GG24-1737-0 PC TOKEN-RING NETWORK AND NETBIOS APPLICATIONS Document Number GG24-1737 October, 1985 Raleigh International Systems Center Department 987, Building 622-5 Raleigh, North Carolina, USA FIRST EDITION (OCTOBER 1985) This edition applies to IBM PC Network Program Release 1, IBM PC Network SNA 3270 Emulation Program Release 1, NETBIOS Program Release 1, and IBM Token-Ring Network/PC Network Interconnect Program Release 1, for use with IBM Token Ring Network release 2.1, and to all subsequent releases until otherwise indicated in new editions or Technical Newsletters. References in this publication to IBM products, programs, or services do not imply that IBM intends to make these available in all countries in which IBM operates. Any reference to an IBM program product in this document is not intended to state or imply that only IBM's program product may be used. Any functionally equivalent program may be used instead. The information contained in this document has not been submitted to any formal IBM test and is distributed on an 'As Is' basis without any warranty either expressed or implied. The use of this information or the implementation of any of these techniques is a customer re- sponsibility and depends on the customer's ability to evaluate and integrate them into the customer's operational environment. While each item may have been reviewed by IBM for accuracy in a specific situation, there is no guarantee that the same or similar results will be obtained elsewhere. Customers attempting to adapt these tech- niques to their own environments do so at their own risk. Publications are not stocked at the address given below. Requests for IBM publications should be made to your IBM representative or to the IBM branch office serving your locality. A form for reader's comments is provided at the back of this publication. If the form has been removed, comments may be addressed to IBM Corporation, International Systems Center, Dept. 987, B622-5, P. O. Box 12195, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. IBM may use or distribute whatever information you supply in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obli- gation to you. c Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1985 ii Token Ring and NETBIOS ABSTRACT This bulletin describes the NETBIOS interface, which was designed for the IBM PC Network, but is also provided as one possible interface on the IBM Token-Ring Network. The implementation of this NETBIOS interface provides compatibility at the Ap- plication level between the PC Network and the Token-Ring Network. Major