Re: Can't see all the XP systems on my network in workgroup

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"The browser service uses Netbios names and broadcasts. The only practical way for a browse master to find another browse master in a different
segment is through WINS".

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"sid" <sidwelle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:0ef2fbd0-60ce-42c8-9c8a-40157229bb16@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On May 22, 1:52 pm, sid <sidwe...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 22, 1:09 pm, "Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)" <findem...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:





> Can you ping each other? Do you have a router between two subnets?

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> >I am trying to setup some networking and I can't see all the XP
> > systems in the workgroup.
> > But, the systems that I can't see are in another room. Different
> > subnet, different switch.

> > What ports should I verify that are open to allow the system to access
> > each other ?

> > Thanks- Hide quoted text -

> - Show quoted text -

Ping: Yes
Routed: not sure, I know that we are switched down to the user level,
but I don't know if it has to pass through one of our routers get to
the other subnet.
Browse: Yes, I can even browse the others shares by, \\MyOtherPC...- Hide quoted text -

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No, but I was trying to browse the name of the workgroup and noticed
that it kept asking me for a user ID and PW ? why ? So I tried to
ping the workgroup name and it replied, so I found that machine and
discovered that it was a windows server that was part of the
workgroup, Not a domain.
So I turned the system off and went back to my system and went to
Network Neighborhood. Now I can see all the systems that belong to
that workgroup on my local subnet, but not the other subnets!
Why can't I see the other subnets in NetNeighborHood ?

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