Inside Windows® Server 2003

Name Resolution and Network Services

Table 4.1 lists the addresses, ports, and names used at each layer of the OSI model as it is implemented in Windows Server 2003. Processes running at each layer communicate with their peer processes at other stations using these addresses, ports, and names.

Let's now work our way down the OSI stack to see how each layer resolves the NetBIOS name into an address that can be used to communicate with its peer layer on another machine.

Table 4.1. Addresses and Names Used at Each Windows Server 2003 Network Layer

Layer	Protocol	Name or Address
Application	SMB	NetBIOS name
Transport	TCP or UDP	Port number
Network	IP	IP address
Data link	NDIS	MAC address

Multihomed NetBIOS Registrations and Single Adapters The Multihomed NetBIOS ...