Properties allow you to add names and group names to the NETBIOS name table. You can set the control up to broadcast datagrams or send and receive data with NETBIOS sessions. All features of NETBIOS are exploited by the control. You can get the list of names that have been registered by other clients on the network and discover NETBIOS names that have been registered by other applications. You can broadcast messages to all PCs on the network or design your own peer-to-peer protocol for sending and receiving data to and from other PCs on the network. The control has events that you can use to detect completion of communications or reception of messages from other PCs. This control takes the mystery out of NETBIOS and allows you to build robust network applications. Documentation supplied with the control gives a tutorial on NETBIOS operation, providing you with the information you need to build network applications with Visual Basic.