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From: j_rodin@hpfcso.HP.COM (Jon Rodin)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: NETBIOS/RFCs 1001/1002 Question
Message-ID: <7250001@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 17 Dec 90 14:59:43 GMT
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Issuing a NetBIOS call to a group name is non-deterministic.  If more than one
holder of the group name has a listen outstanding then the first response will
probably get the session.  If only one listen is out there, that will most
likely be the connected session.  If you need to connect to a specific node, 
don't use calls to a group name.  You could send out a datagram to a group name 
and have the interested parties respond with a datagram containing a unique 
name.  This allows you to descriminate to whom you connect.

Jon
j_rodin@cnd.hp.com