Good Morning:

Let's say I've a group of computers, say Windows XP Professional and a Hub to connect them. I give all the PC's Static Private IP's. There are no DHCP, DNS, WINS or any other servers in my network. The Computer Browser Service is Enabled on all of them.

The Computer Browser Service: AFAIK, it's primary responsibility is to list up-to-date list of computers in a network. That's all I know.

My questions are:

1].Host Announcements. What are these? Where can I find the format/structure of how these announcements look? To whom these announcements are directed to?

2]. Who is providing me the list of up-to-date computers on my network?

3]. Let's say, I disable the computer browser service. Does it mean when I use My Network Places, I will not be able to get a list of up-to-date computers on my network?

Thankyou & Have A Great Day.