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The NetBIOS naming convention allows 16 characters in a NetBIOS name. Microsoft, however, limits the number of NetBIOS names to 15 characters and uses the 16th character as a NetBIOS suffix. The NetBIOS suffix is used by Microsoft Networking software to identify functionality installed on the registered device. Cisco Systems, Inc. has adopted the Microsoft NetBIOS naming convention, as a 16th byte of a NetBIOS name is a special character reserved for the suffix.
The following table lists the NetBIOS suffixes used by Microsoft Windows NT. The suffixes are listed in hexadecimal format because many of them are unprintable otherwise.
| Name | Number(h) | Type1 | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| <computername> | 00 | U | Workstation Service |
| <computername> | 01 | U | Messenger Service |
| <computername> | 03 | U | Messenger service name used when receiving and sending messages. This is the name that is registered with the WINS server as the messenger service on the WINS client and is usually appended to the computer name and to the name of the user currently logged on to the computer. |
| <computername> | 06 | U | RAS Server Service |
| <domain> | 1B | U | Domain Master Browser, which clients and browsers use to contact the domain master browser. |
| <domain> | 1D | U | Clients resolve this name to access the master browser for server lists. There is one master browser on a subnet. |
| <computername> | 1F | U | NetDDE service |
| <computername> | 20 | U | File Server Service |
| <computername> | 21 | U | RAS Client Service |
| <computername> | BE | U | Network Monitor Agent |
| <computername> | BF | U | Network Monitor Application |
| <domain> | 00 | G | Domain Name |
| <\\--__MSBROWSE__> | 01 | G | The name master browsers broadcast to on the local subnet to announce their domains to other master browser. WINS handles this name by returning the broadcast address FFFFFFFF. |
| <domain> | 1C | G | This group name contains a list of the specific addresses of systems that have registered the name. The domain controllers register this name. |
| <domain> | 1E | G | Browsers broadcast to this name and listen on it to elect a master browser. The broadcast is done on the local subnet and should not cross routers. |
| <groupname> | 20 | G | A special group name that is registered with WINS servers to identify groups of computers for administrative purposes. For example, "printersg" could be a registered group name used to identify an administrative group of print servers. |
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