Re: Brow-beaten by browsing

Hi Jeff,

Yes, your users are supposed to learn to search the AD instead
of using the browse feature. Not a good solution considering there
are applications that rely on the browse list. In your situation (seperate
subnets) you'll need some form of NetBIOS name resolution in place
e.g., WINS or lmhosts. Have a look at the following Article:

Domain Browsing with TCP/IP and LMHOSTS Files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/150800/en-us

"Jeff the Network Guy" <MartiniMadness@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:
I have been working with a client of mine on some network browsing
issues. To start off I sat down and read
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188001/en-us to get an exact description
of the ins and outs of the browser service. That having been said,
reading the Technet article just left me with a few more questions. In
the "Summary" it states that "Microsoft Active Directory services in
Windows 2000 and Windows XP replace the computer browser service". How?
The article continues to state that NetBIOS resolution is provided as a
backward compatibility functionality for older clients. This seems to
infer that only Windows 9x PCs should be using network browsing.
If this is the case, the how are the 2000 and XP clients supposed to be
finding resources? Are my users expected to type in Active Directory
queries every time they go looking for that one file on the server that
they were on last week who's name they cannot quite recall? Is there a
newer, better way to get a domain-wide list of available resources and
shares that I missed? I do not mean to sound overtly critical, but I am
absolutely confused by the implications of this article.
In any case, since I am still saddled with network browsing issues,
does anyone have any advice? The problem is that I have all my servers
in one subnet, and all my PCs in others (varies by physical location).
The good news is that all of the subnets are connected to the servers via
fiber. Is it practical/feasible to prevent all the PCs from becoming or
electing master browsers? If the PCs have no master browser in their
respective subnets, will they pull the browsing list from the PDC emulator
in the server subnet?

Also, does anyone know if this hotfix was included in Service Pack 1 for
Windows 2003? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843517/en-us

Thanks for listening,
Jeff



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