Where Smb Is Used?

Over the years, SMB has been used primarily to connect Windows computers, although most other systems -- such as Linux and macOS -- also include client components for connecting to SMB resources. A group at IBM developed the SMB protocol in the 1980s.

What is SMB example?

An SMB client is the device that accesses resources on an SMB server. For example, within a corporate network, the user PCs that access a shared drive are SMB clients.

What port uses SMB?

SMB ports are generally port numbers 139 and 445. Port 139 is used by SMB dialects that communicate over NetBIOS. It's a transport layer protocol designed to use in Windows operating systems over a network.

Maya Lin-Takahashi

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