Re: Problems with mixed WIN 2000 and XP Computres

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On 25 Dec 2006 11:51:15 -0800, "bgardner" <bobg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Chuck wrote:
On 24 Dec 2006 19:47:47 -0800, "bgardner" <bobg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My network was composed of 2 windows 2000 Pro, 1 Windows 2000 Server,
and 1 Win 98 computers. I had enabled both TCP/IP and net BEUI and
all worked well. All hard drives were shared and all drives were
available to all othe machine.

I recently upgraded so that now I have:
1 Windows 2000 Server
1 Windows 2000 Pro
1 WIndows XP PRO and
1 Windows XP media Center 2005

I stll had Net BEUI on all of the machinens along with TCP/IP. The
problem was I would frequently experience lengthy delays attempting to
access hard drives on the 2000 machinees from the XP machines. Between
2000 machins and XP machines - all appeared to be ok.

On doing some reading, it appears that having both ptoocals is probably
a bad idea and I should really only have TCP/IP. I removed Net BEUI
from all 4 machines and then rebooted them all.

Now what I have is the XP machines share just fine with each other.
The 2000 machine share just fine with each other. But I am having a
hard time getting sharing betweek operating systems.

This is setup as a workgroup and the name of the group is HOME. If I
go to either of the 2000 machine and drill down to HOME and open it up
I see all the other machine but can't access the two XP machines. If I
go to either of the XP machines and drill down through HOME, I only see
the other 2 XP machine.

I don't know how much more information I can provide at this point but
if anyone has any suggestions, or recommendations, or web sites to
check out. Please let me know.

Thanks,
Bob

Bob,

Sounds like a segmented browse domain. What order did you reboot the computers?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html

Take a look at "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all", from two Windows 2000 and
two Windows XP computers, and diagnose the problem. Read this article, and
linked articles, and follow instructions precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

Hi Chuck, I think you are on the right track. I got a copy of ipconfig
/all and browstat status from each machine.

I think I'm going to need help understanding them and determining my
next steps. Here goes:

<SNIP>

The Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 PRO, and Windows XP MCE run
virtually all of the time. The Windows XP Pro is a laptop Nd is
unplugged or on standby regularly.

Does this provide enough information to help me get started?

Thanks again for all the help.

Bob Gardner

That's a good start, Bob.

The ipconfig logs for all computers are good. All computers are on the
192.168.0.0/24 subnet, and all have compatible Node Type.

The browstat logs are interesting. HomeControl is a good baseline - it sees 4
servers on 1 domain, and has elected itself master browser. Dream sees 2
servers, and recognises HomeControl as the master browser. EMachines sees only
2 servers, and has elected itself master browser. Compaq sees 2 servers, and
recognises EMachines as the master browser.

So you're right - although HomeControl sees 4 servers, Dream, and EMachines /
Compaq, have made 2 separate broadcast domains.

Check that NetBT is consistently Enabled!
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html

And check for personal firewalls, forgotten or misconfigured.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html

Then go thru the rest of the issues in my troubleshooting guide.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

And if the above get you nowhere, let's see what we get from CPSServ.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/cpsserv-comprehensive-psservice-source.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/cpsserv-comprehensive-psservice-source.html

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
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