Re: PC won't show in network browser list

From: Robert L [MS-MVP] (noreply_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/09/04 

Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:31:31 -0500

start with simple. can you ping 8400 by ip from 4600? If yes, can you ping
it by name? If yes, post the result of net view \\8400 here. 

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"Wildman" <vision@att.net(cramyerspam)> wrote in message 
news:0A7E838F-78C4-415E-9F06-AAC720697070@microsoft.com...
>I have a problem similar to the 06/29/04 Terry Straehy posting. I read
> Chuck's suggestions in response there and am still unable to remedy the
> situation. I networked a Dell 8400 and Dell 4600 peer to peer on a 10/100
> net, simple file sharing, static IPs, both Windows XP Pro. The 4600 
> displays
> itself and the 8400 as computers in the workgroup. The 8400 displays only 
> the
> 4600. Checking the share visibility from command line demonstrates both 
> PC's
> are visible (themselves and the other PC) by name and IP from either 
> station.
> Inspection of services on both PC's shows TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper is 
> running,
> ipconfig /all shows both PCs are hybrid nodes, both have the network
> connection "Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" enabled, both have workstation and
> server services running, both have computer browser service running. I 
> mapped
> share folders on the 8400 manually, creating network shortcuts pointing to
> those shares from the 4600 and then mapping those shortcuts to network 
> drives
> on the 4600--just couldn't browse the 8400 from the 4600 to select those
> shares. Browstat status from the 8400 shows "browsing active on domain" 
> and
> identifies the master browser as itself. Browstat status from the 4600 
> shows
> the 8400 as the master browser and browsing active, but it indicates it
> couldn't determine the build of the browser master ("Could not open key n
> registry, error = 5, flagging the 8400 as an "NT POTENTIAL MASTER"). It 
> seems
> significant that when I run a net view from command line, the 8400 shows 
> only
> the 4600 as a known server, whereas the 4600 shows both the 8400 and 
> itself
> (4600) as known servers. When I added a wireless AP to the wired net and
> added (wireless 802.11g) an Acer Tablet C111Ti-G running XP Pro Tablet, it
> promptly showed up on the 4600 and the 8400 as a workgroup computer, 
> listed
> itself and the 4600 as workgroup computers, but did not see the 8400,
> although it too could access shares on the 8400. What should be my next 
> move?
> The fact that net view on the 8400 did not identify itself as a known 
> server
> certainly seems to indicate that it is not even in its own browsing list 
> (in
> addition to not appearing in that list on other computers in the net
> workgroup). Both the 4600 and the 8400 have Norton Internet Security
> installed, but disabled (the antivirus remains enabled on both, but the
> firewall is disabled on both)--it is possible the 8400 NIS firewall may 
> have
> been inadvertently temporarily enabled during some phase of the intial
> networking setup of that system, for what that is worth. I'm glancing over
> the MS Windows NT Browser white paper as I write and am considering a 
> another
> session using browstat and the suggested troubleshooting sequences and
> analyses later this week when I get back to the site, but in the meantime, 
> I
> would welcome any suggestions from those who might have some insight into 
> my
> invisible 8400.
> -- 
> The desert--God without Man.

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