Re: Computer Browser/ Netbios Issue

Steve <Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for the reply Lanwench. I guess you could say I'm a little
confused. I always thought that Microsoft recommended not using Wins
in a Windows 2000 type domain? I thought that was used primarilty for
a Windows NT type domain and for 95/98 machines? For that reason,
when we built our active directory domain about 6 years ago, we got
away from WINS. I was thinking that the "Master Browser" service
function is what was responsible for populating those machines and
domains in "My Network Places" in place of Wins? I remember us having
a similar problem in the past and it ended up being a
misconfiguration on our switches with the "IP Helper" command. One
other note is that I noticed is that not only can I only see our
V-Lan but I cannot see other workgroups, etc. that I usually can see.
Hope this helps. Thanks.

If you don't use WINS you should really disable NetBT on all computers.
NetBIOS is still needed if you want to browse, and without WINS it is
extremely chatty on the network. MS still recommends it if you want to
browse - and if you want to browse across routed subnets you'll need it. You
can then disable the computer browser service on all PCs. MasterBrowser is a
role you have with or without WINS if you've got NetBT enabled.



"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

Steve <Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The problem: When I open up "My network Places" on a computer and
select "entire network" I can only see the computers that are in my
own V-Lan.

Some Background on about when this started: I recently added two
2008 servers to the domain, made them domain controllers,
transferred the DHCP information to the new servers and also
transferred the FSMO roles to the new servers. DHCP is working
fine, our DNS is "active directory intergrated" and it is working
fine. We do not have any Wins servers on the network and havent had
any for several years. Any Suggestions on where to look? I've
checked everything I can think of. Thanks in Advance for any
responds.

If you don't use WINS in each subnet you will not be able to browse
outside your own segment. I don't know why this was working before,
but something was clearly handling this - NetBIOS traffic is
broadcast, isn't routable and never has been.



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