NETWORK CONFIGURATION

Defining a NetBIOS LANA number for a Notes network port
To run NetBIOS on a server, after you complete the Server Setup program, you must determine the NetBIOS LANA number to which the Notes network port will be bound. The NetBIOS LANA number is a logical number that represents a NetBIOS transport protocol stack on a NIC. You must know which transport protocol IBM® Lotus® Notes® workstations and other IBM® Lotus® Domino® servers are using for NetBIOS within your workgroup or company.

If the computer running the Domino server has more than one NIC running the same protocol stack, you must define a different NetBIOS LANA number for each Notes network port for NetBIOS.

NetBIOS systems using the same transport protocol should be in the same Notes named network. If you create Connection documents on the server, the LAN port you select must also be for the same transport protocol.

To define a LANA number in Lotus Domino

1. From the Domino Administrator or Web Administrator, click the server for which you want to define a LANA number.

2. Click the Configuration tab.

3. Do one of these:

4. Select the Portname port, where Portname is the name of the NetBIOS port for which you are defining a LANA number.

5. Click "Portname Options," and choose Manual.

6. Enter the correct LANA number.

7. Click OK.

To find the LANA number for a NetBIOS protocol on a Windows XP or 2000 system

A Microsoft® Windows® XP or 2000 system does not have a direct means to see the LANA associations. For Windows XP or 2000 systems you can either review the system's registry bindings or use a Microsoft tool called LANACFG to see and change the LANA number assignments.

The following is an example of the tool's output from a Windows 2000 server.

lanacfg [options]


From the DOS prompt, enter
You see the following:
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