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What's in a Workgroup?

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by delta301

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Win 2K Pro computer will ping ip addresses on the workgroup, but not by name. It displays the workgroup name, but no names of computers on the workgroup under Network Neighborhood. No computer on the workgroup can find the Win 2K Pro computer. All computers on the network have Static IP Address - peer to peer networking. All other computers use Win 98SE or Win XP Pro OS. How can get this Win 2K Pro on the network?

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by delta301

IP Routing enabled = NO
WINS proxy enabled = NO
DHCP enabled = NO
I verified that the DNS Servers IP's, the Gateway IP and the Subnet Mask IP is the same on all computers. There are no two IP Addresses or Host names the same on this network. The Win 2K Pro computer does share Broadband Internet connection, but cannot see other computers on the network. Uses TCP/IP over NetBEUI. NetBEUI is disabled.

by delta301

Point value changed by question poster.
network IP range is 192.168.1.x and the subnet is 255.255.255.0

by nert

Build an LMHOSTS table and place it in the directory %system root%\system32\drivers\etc\ There is file in that directory called LMHOSTS.SAM that is a sample file on how to build an LMHOSTS table. This may be tedious depending on the amount of PCs on your network because each one will need one to resolve Names to IP addresses. Once you have the files in place, run the command line NBTSTAT -R this will flush and reload the NetBIOS cache.
The alternative would be to impliment a WINS and/or DNS server.

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