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From: Lew on 28 Sep 2005 10:19
I noticed the other day that ipconfig /all shows "unknown" as the node type
for my XPpro sp2 box. I found a KB artilce, 310570, that says "This issue
can occur if the EnableProxy key in the registry is set to an invalid value,"
and says to change the value of the EnableProxy key in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters\
"to 0 or 1."

I don't have that key. I could, of course, create it and set it to 0 or 1
(seems a bit vague), but more importantly, do I need to care that about node
type? This apparently has something to do with WINS proxy servers (which I
don't use) and Netbt parameters (which I don't think I use). Should I hunt
down all the TCP/IP properties pages and turn off NetBIOS for TCP/IP wherever
I find it? Or should I just do what often seems to be the best approach --
if it ain't broke, don't fix it? Things seem to be working OK as is.
From: Robert L [MS-MVP] on 28 Sep 2005 10:24
Normally, if it works, I would not do any thing.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Lew" <Lew(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DA7D88A6-F4DE-4403-A425-5893B42145B0(a)microsoft.com...
I noticed the other day that ipconfig /all shows "unknown" as the node type
for my XPpro sp2 box. I found a KB artilce, 310570, that says "This issue
can occur if the EnableProxy key in the registry is set to an invalid value,"
and says to change the value of the EnableProxy key in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters\
"to 0 or 1."

I don't have that key. I could, of course, create it and set it to 0 or 1
(seems a bit vague), but more importantly, do I need to care that about node
type? This apparently has something to do with WINS proxy servers (which I
don't use) and Netbt parameters (which I don't think I use). Should I hunt
down all the TCP/IP properties pages and turn off NetBIOS for TCP/IP wherever
I find it? Or should I just do what often seems to be the best approach --
if it ain't broke, don't fix it? Things seem to be working OK as is.
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