RE: [OT] network problems guru req'd

["David Yeend" <david.yeend@xxxxxxx>]

At home I run a workgroup with only Win98 machines and find the following:

You only need IP installed - the setup will bind NetBios to this by
default.

I must admit that I can not comment on ME but I assume that at a basic
level it is similar to 98. 

Remember that you have proved connectivity with ping therefore the NIC and
IP stack are installed correctly and functional. IP addresses, sub-net mask
etc. are OK for local connectivity. You can connect using the UNC form and
will probably find that using Find Computer will also locate the machine.
Does Find-> Computer cause it to be displayed in NN?

I think it is a browser issue (not web browser).

IMO and, as someone else mentioned, NN seems un-reliable. I once read
something about Windows and Browse lists which suggested that it can take
some time for all the machines on a peer-to-peer net to have a browse list
representative of the network.

I sometimes find that altering the settings in the Network
Properties->File and Print Sharing For MS.... tab help. Try setting the
Browse Master setting to Enabled. The other setting LM Announce is
allegedly for compatibility with IBMs Lan Manager NOS - it is not supposed
to help with this issue but, and this could be coincidence, I have changed
it's value in the past and the machine then appears in NN!

All that said I have still found some installations which just would not
play - it is more reliable, if you run NT Server or upwards, to use WINS
for name resolution.

Something worth checking is to run Winipcfg, select the NIC card in the
drop box and click the more info button. There should be a control which
tells you the node type. For peer-to-peer I think you need B-Node
(preferably) or H-Node. This defines how a machine obtains a browse list
when you use NN. For Win95/98 see the MS knowledgebase article Q142042. I
do not know if this is the same for WinME.

David

-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Booth [mailto:stuart@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 May 2002 09:03
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] network problems guru req'd


On 1 May 02, at 8:52, Chris Bond wrote:

> If these files don't exist create them to look like the following:
> 
> 192.168.0.1     
      router
> 192.168.0.2     
      server
> 192.168.0.3     
      workstation1
> 192.168.0.4     
      workstation2
> 
> This will only work if you use Static IP Addresses of course, but
at
> least u'll be able to see them I network neighbourhood.

No good for me then. I use a DHCP Server so that friends can plug 
into my network at LAN Parties (which happen reasonably often) 
and have things just work straight off.

Does that mean I still need IPX/SPX ? d8-))

Ok, I accept that I *shouldn't* need it, but until I fiddle around, I still
have it because it works for me. How's that for meeting half-way? 
<big grin>

Stuart


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