[thelist] OT: Windows 2000 Networking

[Ken Schaefer]

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From: "David Mitchell" <dave at dbmdata.com>
Subject: [thelist] OT: Windows 2000 Networking


: Have a really annoying problem here trying to add a
: new PC to my network at home. Here's the problem.
: I have 4 computers all connected to a LinkSys router
: sharing my cable connection. I just added a new
: computer tonite running W2k Pro. All the computers
: can see eachohter except for the laptop I am typing
: this email on. This laptop can see all the existing
: computers on the network except for the new one,
: and all the other computers can see the new PC
: except for this laptop. I can also see the laptop
: from the computer that I can't see from the laptop, if
: you know what I mean. Any ideas? I'm sure you'll
: need more info, so if you do please let me know.
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Hi,

When you say "see", are you talking about visibility in Network
Neighbourhood? If so, are you running in a workgroup or domain model?

If it's a workgroup model, I would suggest that you have either a problem
with:
a) master-backup browser election
    -or-
b) related to above, you're running some kind of software firewall on one of
the machines that's intefering with browser elections/notifications etc.

You can use browstat.exe to troubleshoot browse master issue (and to
shutdown "rogue" master/backup browse masters)

However, what I do suggest you try, is doing:

\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

in the address bar of an explorer window, where the IP address corresponds
to a machine that you can't see. So, you say your laptop can't see the new
Win2k machine, and suppose the Win2k machine has an IP address of
192.168.0.50, then try doing:

\\192.168.0.50

in an Explorer address bar on your laptop. If you can reach the Win2k
machine by IP address, then it seems like a NetBIOS browsing issue, rather
than anything more fundamental.

Cheers
Ken

Microsoft MVP - Windows Server (IIS)