Re: Unable to See Windows Servers

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From: "Olaf Engelke [MVP Windows Server]" <oenews01@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:02:35 +0200

Hi thomas,
Thomas M wrote:

We have a group of Windows 2000 Servers in another building.  In the
same building, and supposedly on the same switch, are a number of
Windows XP Pro machines.  On one machine, if you go to Windows
Explorer > My Network Places

Entire Network > Microsoft Windows Network, you will see all the
Windows

2000 servers.  On every other machine, if you do the same thing, you
will see only the Workgroup.  The question is:  Why?

how is the name resolution realized? Registering all servers and clients on a WINS server could help. Are there other protocols in use besides TCP/IP? Are the machines in different subnets?

Best greetings from Germany Olaf.

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