Re: NEWBIE: Not all computers see server...

From: Robert L [MS-MVP] (noreply_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:25:37 -0500

this may help. quoted from http://www.ChicagoTech.net
NetBIOS and WINS are required in a mixed network

NetBIOS and WINS name resolution is required only on mixed-mode (Windows 95,
98, Me, NT, 2000 and XP) networks to provide backward-compatibility older
versions of Windows. If you have a domain mixed-mode network with DHCP and
DNS, you are better to create WINS in your system. In workgroup mixed-mode
network, most people enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP to resolve NetBIOS name to
equivalent to IP addresses. 

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"Bobby C." <clark@dixon-REMOVE-creek.com> wrote in message 
news:OnjVNExjEHA.2948@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> First a quick bit of background, hopefully this is enough.  If not, yell 
> at
> me and I'll supply a more.
>
> I have a small home office system with three machines for development and
> testing.  One running Win2K Pro (my main development machine).  Another is
> running XP Pro and is the one that we keep the company books on.  The 
> final
> machine is running Win98 SE (testing only).
>
> I have added a fourth machine to the network which I've installed Server
> 2003 on and I'm trying to get the connections to work properly.  The
> previous three machines all are/were running peer-to-peer and are 
> currently
> using NETBEUI.  This was due to needed to connect with older machines 
> (which
> have since died) and not understanding how to make TCP/IP work for that.
> After installing the server software and making the new server a member of
> the workgroup I can see the Win98 machine and it can see the server.  The
> Win2K and XP machines cannot see the server and vice-versa.  I suspect 
> that
> for proper networking I need to convert all the systems over to TCP/IP but
> I'm not sure.
>
> These machines are behind a hardware firewall/router and connected to a
> cable modem.  We get the IP addresses dynamically from the DHCP supplied 
> by
> the firewall/router.  If I may ask a few dumb questions:
>
> Is there a good reference book on the best way to configure the network 
> and
> the server?  One maybe geared for small office networks and not assuming
> that I'll setting up new servers on massive networks.
>
> Do I need to eliminate NETBEUI on the Win2K and XP machines and strictly 
> use
> TCP/IP for all networking for this to work?
>
> If so, do I need to use a static IP address internally (from one machine 
> to
> the next) or can they be dynamically created?
>
> If they can be dynamically created, am I right in assuming that I have to
> have the server act as a DHCP server for one of it's roles?
>
> Sorry for the dumb questions.
>
>
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>
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