NetBIOS Scopes

A NetBIOS Scope ID provides an extended naming service for the NetBIOS over TCP/IP
(Known as NBT) module. The primary purpose of a NetBIOS scope ID is to isolate
NetBIOS traffic on a single network to only those nodes with the same NetBIOS scope
ID. The NetBIOS scope ID is a character string that is appended to the NetBIOS name.
The NetBIOS scope ID on two hosts must match, or the two hosts will not be able to
communicate. The NetBIOS Scope ID also allows computers to use the same computer
namee as they have different scope IDs. The Scope ID becomes a part of the NetBIOS
name, making the name unique.