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by lylea42 1 view

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I am trying to configure an NT4 Server to share network resources in a peer to peer workgoup. I have given the server a static IP of 192.168.0.20 and have set the workgroup but I am only able to see 4 of the 12 machines in network neighbourhood. Also, when I click on the machine in the neighbourhood I receive a message stating the network path is not accessible. The machine is setup as a member server. I have one other NT server in the workgroup that I have no problem with. I know the machine is conneecting because the network monitor show the browser service running constant master browser challenges with two of the machines in the workgroup but I am unable to see any of the other machines.
The net login service is set to auto but is not running because we are in a workgroup.

Any suggestions

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by tprinzo

If this is the second server you realy should switch from peer to peer and use a domain. That being said....it sounds like a browsing problem. Browsing is a bitch especially with the setup you are running. I would first make sure I could ping andreach the computers, if that works then you may need to set the new server to only be a backup browse Master....the constant master browser challenges is not good to have going on.

by Member 26122104

Make sure that none of your clients can be elected the master browser. Goto Network Properties, TCP/IP Properties, Advanced and set Browse Master to Disabled.

For a LAN of your size its best to use NetBEUI in conjunction with TCP/IP. Set NetBEUI as the default protocol to reduce browsing issues, speed share/file access and file copying.

HTH

by baziite

seems like the IP adddress could be causing the issue ..try using some other number than a zero in the IP address . I also like the above suggestion of using NETBEUI inorder to minimize the browsing issues .

Good Luck !!!

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