Re: Computers in network dissapear after a while

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Michael,
here is what I get from my W2k3 domain servere with nbtstat -n
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>nbtstat

WAN:
Node IpAddress: [67.95.217.148] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

LAN:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.168.5] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
--------------------------------------------
BIGBOSS <00> UNIQUE Registered
CADZONEOFFICE <00> GROUP Registered
CADZONEOFFICE <1C> GROUP Registered
BIGBOSS <20> UNIQUE Registered
CADZONEOFFICE <1B> UNIQUE Registered
CADZONEOFFICE <1E> GROUP Registered
CADZONEOFFICE <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

RAS Server (Dial In) Interface:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.168.18] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
--------------------------------------------
BIGBOSS <00> UNIQUE Registered
CADZONEOFFICE <00> GROUP Registered
CADZONEOFFICE <1C> GROUP Registered
BIGBOSS <20> UNIQUE Registered
CADZONEOFFICE <1B> UNIQUE Registered
CADZONEOFFICE <1E> GROUP Registered
CADZONEOFFICE <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

On the machine that cannot see the network there is a mapped drive to the
W2k3 machine that works fine and alwayed worked fine.

"Michael Giorgio - MS MVP" <Michael.Giorgio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:eo$jNX%23TFHA.3840@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Open a dos prompt on the W2k3 machine and run
> nbtstat -n and verify the computer is registering it's
> domain name 1b unique name which identifies that
> paticular machine as the DMB. Check connectivity
> between the clients and W2k3 server e.g., mapped
> drive by name then by tcp/ip address; if either fails
> post the error.
>
>
> "Mark Vetanen" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:
>> This is the output from the NetBIOS Browsing Console tool when a machine
>> cannot see anyone in the domain:
>>
>> Attempting to find the PDC/Domain Master Browser for domain:
>> CADZONEOFFICE
>>
>> PDC/Domain Master Browser: not found
>>
>> The domain master browser for the specified domain could not be found.
>>
>> See report for details.
>
>


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