Why is Google Chrome trying to run netbiosd attempting to connect to 192.168.2.255?

I usually don't use Google Chrome, because on my MacBook I'm addicted to Safari.

Today when I launched Chrome, it ran netbiosd to connect to the local IP: 192.168.2.255. The local IP does not exist on the network and my local subnet is different than it is attempting to connect. I use a software called LuLu to detect outgoing calls. It is a packet filter similar to Little Snitch.

So where did it come from? What is netbiosd process?

Solution 1:

Netbios searches for local services like shared files and printers. What device is at 192.168.2.255 and did you enable chrome to try to print or open files?

This could be harmless or it could be code running that you don’t want to.

The process is a helper, Apple installed it, it’s running code that google likely was told by you to run.