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Browse other subnet problems with static

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by tonywong

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I have two subnet as following in my NT 4.0 Domain Environment, and all clients and servers are configured by static IP address.

subnet 1: MT4_PDC(Wins Server), NT4_BDC, Win98 ....
subnet 2: Win98, Win98 ....
Route through two subnet with Cisco router with TCP. No access Limit setting.

In subnet 1, there is no problems to browse other computer in Network Neighbour.
In subnet 2, there is problem to browse computers in subnet 1, it can only browse the computer of subnet 2 its own subnet.

Also indentify the Wins Server setting in each client computer's TCP setting .

Thanks for any input.

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by avi_mohod

Hi,
First of all u have to test ur network with ping.First ping the gateway i.e ur router from any m/c in subnet 2 and then to ping to any m/c in subnet 1 from subnet 2.Check the result.IS u r getting result pingin the gateway.If not the there is problem with ur default gateway configuration.It may possible that u have not put proper ip address of gateway in default entry.If u can ping gateway but can't ping any m/c in subnet 1 then there problem with router configuration.Chek the port entries and try changing the port for submnet 2.
avi.

by tonywong

The network is no problem, computer of subnet1 can ping computer of subnet2. I think the problem is that Wins can't broadcast to any subnet. So that the client cann't get any netbios name. It means it can't get any information from Master browser.

by curlergirl

You obviously don't have a WINS server in subnet2. WINS servers can only be reached by broadcast, and most routers do not pass broadcast packets by design (because broadcast packets are usually only meant to be used on the local subnet and use a lot of extra and usually unnecessary bandwidth). Therefore, you have no way to resolve host names of the machines in subnet1 from within subnet2. That's why you can't browse. You will either have to use LMHOSTS files on the machines in subnet2 so that they can resolve names for the machines in subnet1; or you can configure your routers to pass broadcast packets, which will enable the machines in subnet2 to broadcast to the WINS servers in subnet1. (I'm not familiar with Cisco routers so I can't give you any details on how to do this, but you could check your Cisco documentation.) Or, you can add a server in subnet2, install WINS and have it replicate between subnet1 and subnet2. Hope this helps!

by jim.bruce

Hi,

You could set up a proxy server in the second subnet to reach the WINS server in the local subnet.

Jim Bruce

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