Browsing 2 subnets (XP) - Possible

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David Santon

I have a client on subnets (192.168.1.x and 192.168.2.x), I can't browse
(show up in 'My Network Places') from either client and get both to display.
Is it a matter of manipulating the subnet mask in the NIC's or have the
clients got be set up differently at the moment all clients take IP's from
DHCP's (LAN and radio LAN) and the gateways are default, DNS and WINS have
no extra entries. Shares can found by run '\\192.168.x.x' and used but will
not show up in the workgroup? (same)

Any insight and a possible solution would be appreciated.

Thanks DS
 
David said:
I have a client on subnets (192.168.1.x and 192.168.2.x), I can't browse
(show up in 'My Network Places') from either client and get both to display.
Is it a matter of manipulating the subnet mask in the NIC's or have the
clients got be set up differently at the moment all clients take IP's from
DHCP's (LAN and radio LAN) and the gateways are default, DNS and WINS have
no extra entries. Shares can found by run '\\192.168.x.x' and used but will
not show up in the workgroup? (same)

Any insight and a possible solution would be appreciated.

Thanks DS
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Most of what you mention (e.g. DHCP, DNS) has little to do with the
problem, which is the identity of your WINS (Windows Name Service)
server and its configuration. Focus on that.
 
There's no WINS server on the network. just several PC's and workgroups

Thanks DS
 
|>There's no WINS server on the network. just several PC's and workgroups
|>
|>Thanks DS

How are your going to broadcast through your gateway?
 
David said:
There's no WINS server on the network. just several PC's and workgroups
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Why are you subnetting? And why do you expect clients on other subnets
to show up in "My Network Places?"

If you want them to show up, and are willing to sacrifice subnetting,
I suppose you could set your net masks to 255.255.252.0, but that's
not a recommended practice.

Or just assign them addresses in the same Class C space.
Thanks DS
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Hi David,

as suggested by other posters before, it would be good to
get all clients to one subnet.

Name resolution in 'My Network Places' is done by
NetBIOS protocol.
If you don't use a domian controller or a WinS-Server,
it uses broadcast to get to know the other machines.
Well, usually broadcasts don't leave subnets,
so the subnets devide those boxes from being
recognized by names.

You could set up one machine as WinS-server
to get around this while keeping both subnets,
but easiest way is to use one subnet
(maybe 192.168.x.x/22).

HTH

Ralf
 
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