TB16 NetBIOS over Tcpip Disabled

Neither the User's Guide nor this article discuss how to set NetBIOS over Tcpip. You should repost on the Networking board to see of they can assist in this.

I don't know if this will help but it looks the same as it always has.

As best I can tell, that is the same setting I have been changing with the wmic nicconfig DOS commands. It changes the same TcpipNetbiosOptions value but the NetBIOS over Tcpip property still says "No" on the TB16 USB Network Adapter. I updated the drivers also but it seems like a bug. It’s kinda cool, I can browse the laptop by name and not by IP address, never seen that before. :)

The NetBIOS over Tcpip property status for the Intel Network Adapter in the laptop changes when you change the TcpipNetbiosOptions but the TB16 USB Network Adapter seems to ignore any of the settings and NetBIOS over Tcpip is always off. I can just use the Intel Network Adapter in the laptop but then the dock is not as cool.

C:\Windows\system32>wmic nicconfig get caption,index,TcpipNetbiosOptions

Caption                                                 Index  TcpipNetbiosOptions

[00000000] Microsoft Kernel Debug Network Adapter       0

[00000001] Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (5) I219-LM     1      0

[00000002] Qualcomm QCA61x4A 802.11ac Wireless Adapter  2

[00000003] Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter       3

[00000004] Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI)       4

[00000005] Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)     5

[00000006] WAN Miniport (SSTP)                          6

[00000007] WAN Miniport (IKEv2)                         7

[00000008] WAN Miniport (L2TP)                          8

[00000009] WAN Miniport (PPTP)                          9

[00000010] WAN Miniport (PPPOE)                         10

[00000011] WAN Miniport (IP)                            11

[00000012] WAN Miniport (IPv6)                          12

[00000013] WAN Miniport (Network Monitor)               13

[00000014] VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1   14     0

[00000015] VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8   15     0

[00000016] Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter           16

[00000017] SonicWall NetExtender Adapter                17

[00000018] Realtek USB GbE Family Controller            18     1

I posted there a bit ago and no one has replied. I guess I’ll have to call Dell support. Never seen this before and it only happens on the Dell dock.

I posted there a bit ago and no one has replied. I guess I’ll have to call Dell support. Never seen this before and it only happens on the Dell dock.

You did get some responses, but does this help?

C:\Windows\system32>wmic nicconfig get caption,index,TcpipNetbiosOptions
Caption                                              Index  TcpipNetbiosOptions
[00000000] Microsoft Kernel Debug Network Adapter    0
[00000001] Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265       1
[00000002] Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter    2
[00000003] WAN Miniport (SSTP)                       3
[00000004] WAN Miniport (IKEv2)                      4
[00000005] WAN Miniport (L2TP)                       5
[00000006] WAN Miniport (PPTP)                       6
[00000007] WAN Miniport (PPPOE)                      7
[00000008] WAN Miniport (IP)                         8
[00000009] WAN Miniport (IPv6)                       9
[00000010] WAN Miniport (Network Monitor)            10
[00000011] Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter        11
[00000012] Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI)    12
[00000013] Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)  13
[00000014] Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter    14
[00000015] Realtek USB GbE Family Controller         15     1

No, he said to post in the Networking board. No one has posted back in that thread.

Not sure what you are suggesting?

Changes to the setting through the GUI or the wmic nicconfig DOS command are ignored.

As I said: "The NetBIOS over Tcpip property status for the Intel Network Adapter in the laptop changes when you change the TcpipNetbiosOptions but the TB16 USB Network Adapter seems to ignore any of the settings and NetBIOS over Tcpip is always off."

NetBIOS over Tcpip should be on by default and using the "NetbiosOptions"=dword:1 (to enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP) would be a workaround but even with that setting NetBIOS over Tcpip is always off in the Dell TB16 dock.

The following is the last item in your prior listing.  What is it saying.......?

[00000018] Realtek USB GbE Family Controller            18     1

It's...............................saying that enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP is set.  So.........what.....is....your...point..?

No wories but for the third time now:

The NetBIOS over Tcpip property status for the Intel Network Adapter in the laptop changes when you change the TcpipNetbiosOptions but the TB16 USB Network Adapter seems to ignore any of the settings and NetBIOS over Tcpip is always off.

So no setting, default, get the setting from the DHCP server:

[00000018] Realtek USB GbE Family Controller            18

  This is the default, the same as 0, to get the setting from the DHCP server. All other NICs do this and when you look at the NetBIOS over Tcpip status (Not the Setting) for the NICs it's ON.  The TB16 USB NICs  NetBIOS over Tcpip status (Not the Setting) is always OFF.

Set to on:

[00000018] Realtek USB GbE Family Controller            18     1

  This is the enable setting for the enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP setting. Even with this set the TB16 USB NIC is still always OFF.

So yes, for some reason only for the TB16 USB NIC,  NetBIOS over Tcpip is Disabled.