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The Common Internet File System was developed by Microsoft in the 1980s. It is based on the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, which was developed as a way to share files and printers over a network. | The Common Internet File System was developed by Microsoft in the 1980s. It is based on the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, which was developed as a way to share files and printers over a network. | ||
| − | + | SMB network communication over Microsoft based networks is also know as the Network Based Input/Output System (NetBIOS) over TCP/IP. | |
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| + | The original Microsoft Windows networks were configured with with NetBIOS. Each system had a hostname limited to 15 characters. The unique hostnames provided a way to identify each system on a LAN. All requests were made through broadcasts. This transports system is known as the NetBIOS Extended User Interface (NetBEUI). NetBEUI is not routable - meaning that comminucation cannot not take place between LANs, so networks were limited to 255 systems. | ||
| − | + | As the Internet grew TCP/IP became the dominant communication protocol. As such Microsoft adapted NetBIOS to use SMB over TCP/IP. | |
Latest revision as of 14:40, 31 August 2013
Samba
The Samaba service is a set of protocols used to connect to the Microsoft OS based systems. Samba interacts with Microsoft systems so well that Microsoft clients cannot tell the difference between other Microsoft systems or Linux Samba systems.
Microsoft CIFS and SMB
The Common Internet File System was developed by Microsoft in the 1980s. It is based on the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, which was developed as a way to share files and printers over a network.
SMB network communication over Microsoft based networks is also know as the Network Based Input/Output System (NetBIOS) over TCP/IP.
The original Microsoft Windows networks were configured with with NetBIOS. Each system had a hostname limited to 15 characters. The unique hostnames provided a way to identify each system on a LAN. All requests were made through broadcasts. This transports system is known as the NetBIOS Extended User Interface (NetBEUI). NetBEUI is not routable - meaning that comminucation cannot not take place between LANs, so networks were limited to 255 systems.
As the Internet grew TCP/IP became the dominant communication protocol. As such Microsoft adapted NetBIOS to use SMB over TCP/IP.