Re: Computer Browser/ Netbios Issue

Steve <Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Lanwench,

Things are starting to make better sense now. Like you said earlier
there had to be something in place that previously allowed us to
Browse over each vlan since netbios is non-routable. I look in DHCP
and there wasnt any options configured in any of the subnets for Wins
resolution. Its really odd. I guess there really is no way we could
have been browsing over any subnet with the "computer browsing
service" primarily Wins was enabled somewhere? Its interesting.
Thanks for all your help Lanwench.

You're most welcome. You really might consider installing & running it. I
find little downside (in networks the size I support, which aren't thousands
of nodes in size, that is)

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

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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