Re: 2 PCs not visible in net view or network browsing - Why?

"Chupa" <chupa(makniovoixnakraju)@giotto.fsb.hx> wrote in message
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> > Why don't you paste it here?
>
> List of transports currently bound to the browser
>
> 1
> \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{779356C2-EAE8-448E-9B1B-0F86AFFAF43F}
> 2
> \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{37044A27-03E1-4AE6-85E2-9960D489546D}
>
> how to translate this into NetBios name?

None of it. Those are the transports (protocols) bound
to the browser, presumably two NICs? (Or one NIC
and one dial up maybe.)

The NetBIOS name will look like a machine name or
domain name (or username sometimes), except for the
Master Browser (..__MSBROWSE__.<01>) and other
special purpose names or application specific names
which are not that common anymore.


> > Browser services is important if this was the
> > Master
> > Browser or Domain Master Browser.
> >
> > I am not clear if you have multiple (Internal)
> > Subnets?
>
> no multiple subnets.

Ok, so your DC with PDC Emulator should be Domain
Master Browser and the ONLY Master Browser you have
(with the same single subnet.)

> > Are these two (problem) machines on a separate
> > subnet?
> >
>
> nope.

WINS is NOT important to this problem unless the switch
is doing something bad to the broadcasts.

These machines can broadcast for each other and more
importantly the Master Browser so there is little chance
of them missing.

They must have the SAME "NetBIOS" domain or workgroup
name (9x must use workgroups because it doesn't really join
the name.)

Check spelling again.

If it isn't spelling, then I am strongly suspecting a weirdness
in the cables/switch/hub.

This stuff is actually pretty easy and every time we have had
one go down through this many tests (us to you, and your confirm)
then it has turned out to be something as odd as bad drop cables,
or personal firewalls, bad hub or switch, bad port on hub/switch,
etc.

You might try a sniffer, netmon (i.e., the actual NetMon or
EtherReal -- it's free) to watch the broadcasts and see who's
screwing up.

Since you are using the WINS server you should be able to
go view all the registered names -- see if the Master Browser
and Domain Master Browser are in there (and correct.)

And you can check that these machines are in there since if they
are not it implies they aren't really getting to the WINS server

And you have something shared (non-hidden) because we checked
that.

I am seriously betting on the hardware or a personal firewall
(but I think I asked you about the personal firewall thing before.)

> most of machines are identical, for example
> problematic xpsp2 machine is exact copy /ghost
> image / of another 3 that work ok just names where
> changed later and domain was joined on all
> machines after gost image was copied to disk.

This shouldn't matter (might for domain authentication,
due to SIDs but if NetBIOS and browsing don't care.)


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