Hi
In an initial step, I am trying to gather infos for this problem. To fix the idea,
I am thinking in the lines of a name resolution problem.
- are you using NetBIOS via TCP/IP? ie is/was the traffic on 137-139 or 445?
- on box 1: are the computer browser-, workstation- and server-services running?
- on box 2: does ping box_1_name work? if not, does ping 192.168.0.1 work?
(I assume 192.168.0.1 is the IP of box 1). -> WINS resolution problem.
- One useful tool for troubleshooting NetBIOS problems is nbtstat[1], which is
part of the resource kit[1]. What does
tell you (shows resolved names)?Code:> nbtstat -n > nbtstat -r
result?Code:> nbtstat -A 192.168.0.1 > nbtstat -a box_1_name
As per the master browser issue. In theory () there are announcements all 12-15 minutes[2,3].
Even if the Win98 caused a problem here, this issue should resolve itself automatically.
If a master browser is not found, an election is forced[4]. Next step: browstat/browcon[5].
In addition, try a "search for computers" but enter the IP rather than the name of box 1.
Cheers.
[1] http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...f_tts_pjtk.asp
[2] http://www.microsoft.com/technet/arc...g/a06_brw.mspx
[3] http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...i_brs_ECEA.asp
[4] http://www.microsoft.com/technet/arc...ng/ent421.mspx
[5] http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;818092
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