>Larry,
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>Do you have a WINS server on your network? The WINS should have resolved the NETBIOS name to the IP address without the need for the client to make a broadcast.
>
>-Mike

The network is at a client's site. I don't think that they have set up a WINS server. In any case, wouldn't the IP address be the fastest way to communicate, since it doesn't need any translation?