NetBEUI Connections
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This test lets you diagnose NetBEUI connectivity between the client and the server. This test checks the network, not the Interbase server or client software configuration.
To run a NetBEUI diagnostic:
- Enter the name of a Windows NT server on which InterBase has been installed.
- Click Test, and review the output in the Results window.
Notes:
- NetBIOS Extended User Interface is supported on Windows NT and Windows 95/98 clients, but only Windows NT supports NetBEUI as a server.
- To connect via NetBEUI (Windows NT servers only), use UNC notation: \\venus\D:\users\accting\fin\accrec.gdb
- The connection may fail if a Microsoft Windows network is not the default network for the client. You should also be logged into the MS Windows network with a valid NT user name and password.
- NetBEUI cannot route network traffic between subnets. Other protocols can also be configured to restrict traffic between subnets. If the client and server are on a complex network with multiple subnets, ask your network administrator if the network configuration allows you to route network traffic between the client and server in question using a given protocol.
- NetBEUI is often confused with NetBIOS. NetBIOS is the application programming interface and NetBEUI is the network transport protocol used by all of Microsoft network systems and IBM LAN Server based systems.
Test connectivity from another client to the InterBase server host; if it succeeds, this may rule out improper network configuration on the server.