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Group-list

The group list looks like this:

Group/Domain Type IP-address Remote-site Timeout Flags
WORKGROUP 1e 10.0.0.10
5000 xx00
WORKGROUP 1e 10.0.1.100 GLASGOW 5000 xx20

The fields of the table have the following significance:

Name Name of the host in the host table
Group/Domain Name of the group or domain in the group list. Groups and NT domains are handled in the same manner from the NetBIOS point of view.
Type WINS type of the host. The type is not relevant for NetBIOS, but Microsoft Networks assign certain properties to the name on the basis of the type.
IP-address IP address of the owner of the name. The same name can be assigned to multiple IP addresses in the group list.
Remote-site Name of the remote station for which the name became known
Timeout Time until the name is no longer valid. The time-out is also associated with an aging counter in the flags.
Flags The flags contain additional information pertaining to the name.

O Flags
  The flags have the following significance:

0x0003 This counter increments up each time the validity expires. The entry will be deleted if the name is not refreshed after the second expiration at the latest.
0x0004 This identifies an entry that still needs to be transferred.
0x0008 This identifies an entry that is queued for deletion, i.e. the name has not yet been refreshed after the establishment of a connection.
0x0010 Reserved
0x0020 This identifies a remote station.
0x0040 Reserved
0x0080 Reserved

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