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by p7kh

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There are lan on Windows NT4.0 Server with 5 subnet, TCP/IP, DHCP, WINS.
PDC have 5 lan card to each subnet.

Users can see only they subnet in Network Neighborhood not other. Then they use "Find Computer" - it is work ok.
Why users can see onlythey subnet in Network Neighborhood include PDC ?
What's wrong ?

Thanks

Pavel

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by dc1

Do you have IP forwarding setup on the NICS? Find computer will query WINS which if the server is your only WINS server that would make sense that it can find the host. Check your routes on the server and make sure that there is a route defined foreach subnet.

by ian mclaws

Hi Pavel,

A couple of possibilities:
1. Are you running an NT Domain, or a workgroup? If it is a workgroup, are all of your subnets part of the same workgroup? Clients only see members of their own workgroup or domain in Network Neighbourhood, unless they click the "entire network" choice. If it is an NT domain,...

2. I assume from your post that your PDC is also your router. Is it the WINS server as well? Are all of your clients configured to use it, either by using global options 44 and 46 in DHCP, or by adding the address of the WINS server to each client's TCP properties manually, which overrides DHCP?
To verify this.....

3. Check your WINS database to see if all clients are listed, and if they are in the same workgroup or domain.

4. If you have multiple WINS servers, they will not exchange info automatically, you must set up WINS replication before clients registered with one will see clients registered with the other.

Keep me posted (peer mail). There are other possibilities, but this will get you started.

Ian

by p7kh

Thanks for replay.
But...
Problem still exists...

May it be for wrong driver/NIC (D-Link 538) ?

Thanks again.

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