Re: Unable to See Windows Servers

Thanks for the reply. TCP/IP should be the only protocol, but I'll check on
that to make sure. I'm not sure about the other items as these servers and
machines are not in the area that I regularly support, so I'll have to check
on those.

--Tom

"Olaf Engelke [MVP Windows Server]" <oenews01@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OEkxM5lrFHA.1252@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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