I have a question about Connect to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network:

Hello! I just installed Windows 2000 Advanced Server in my computer which is connected to more than 30 computers in a LAN. It could ping all the computers and the other computers can ping mine but my computer does not show in their Network Neighborhood and their computers do not show in my Network Neighborhood. All the workgroups, usernames and passwords are fine. My computer was working fine when it had Windows NT installed. Now that I replaced it with Windows 2000, we can't see each other anymore in the Network.

Please give me suggestions on how to fix this. Thanks!

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ok theres several things here that could be the problem. have you ensured the file and print sharing is enabled on all the machines and that each machine has its own unique IP (if not using DHCP). you mention the workgroup and username and passwords are ok, are they all a member of the same workgroup and what operating system are the other 30 machines using ? If they are using anything other than win2k you will need to add usernames and passwords of the win98 machines to the server.


On Tuesday, July 16, 2002 at 6:48 pm, jojo wrote:
>I have a question about Connect
>to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network:

>Hello! I just installed Windows 2000 Advanced Server in my computer which is connected
>to more than 30 computers in a LAN. It could ping all the computers and the other
>computers can ping mine but my computer does not show in their Network Neighborhood
>and their computers do not show in my Network Neighborhood. All the workgroups,
>usernames and passwords are fine. My computer was working fine when it had Windows
>NT installed. Now that I replaced it with Windows 2000, we can't see each other
>anymore in the Network.

>Please give me suggestions on how to fix this. Thanks!
>

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Hello!

Thanks for the reply DoC but I already found the solution elsewhere. My answer to all of your questions was 'yes' since the LAN was working fine when my computer was on Windows NT. I also made sure all the usernames and passwords were already in the Win2k server.

The problem was that I did not install NETBIOS nor NETBEUI since I did not intend to use them at all (which I found out that I was wrong!). I found out that when you want to LAN together Windows 98/95 computers and Windows 2K computers, all of them should turn on NETBIOS or NETBEUI. I prefer NETBIOS since it seems to perform faster than NETBEUI.

Well, that's it!

On Wednesday, July 17, 2002 at 2:36 am, DoC wrote:
>ok theres several things here that could be the problem. have you ensured the file
>and print sharing is enabled on all the machines and that each machine has its own
>unique IP (if not using DHCP). you mention the workgroup and username and passwords
>are ok, are they all a member of the same workgroup and what operating system are
>the other 30 machines using ? If they are using anything other than win2k you will
>need to add usernames and passwords of the win98 machines to the server.
>
>

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I am facing same problem in the morining. As my Lan is working fine from last One & half year, but i got this problem today pls give me the solution


On Tuesday, July 16, 2002 at 6:48 pm, jojo wrote:
>I have a question about Connect
>to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network:

>Hello! I just installed Windows 2000 Advanced Server in my computer which is connected
>to more than 30 computers in a LAN. It could ping all the computers and the other
>computers can ping mine but my computer does not show in their Network Neighborhood
>and their computers do not show in my Network Neighborhood. All the workgroups,
>usernames and passwords are fine. My computer was working fine when it had Windows
>NT installed. Now that I replaced it with Windows 2000, we can't see each other
>anymore in the Network.

>Please give me suggestions on how to fix this. Thanks!
>

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jojo, you are a legend! i had a similar problem with NT workstations not able to find the domain controller of a Win2003 domain. just had to enable netbios on the server NIC and now it works. YES!


On Thursday, July 18, 2002 at 11:44 pm, jojo wrote:
>Hello!

>Thanks for the reply DoC but I already found the solution elsewhere. My answer to
>all of your questions was 'yes' since the LAN was working fine when my computer was
>on Windows NT. I also made sure all the usernames and passwords were already in
>the Win2k server.

>The problem was that I did not install NETBIOS nor NETBEUI since I did not intend
>to use them at all (which I found out that I was wrong!). I found out that when
>you want to LAN together Windows 98/95 computers and Windows 2K computers, all of
>them should turn on NETBIOS or NETBEUI. I prefer NETBIOS since it seems to perform
>faster than NETBEUI.

>Well, that's it!

>

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Hi Jojo, I have bumped into the problem many times myself and "stumbled" onto your thread and appreciate your explanation. A related question remains.. I remember reading somewhere that after installing the various protocols it was necessary to "wait a while for the network to establish some directory of names/IP addresses" (Loosly quoted here). I recall somewhere 12 minutes being mentioned. I wondered if you were aware of a way to "force" this update of the network lookup table or some way to avoid "waiting in vain" for things to happen? Oh! By the way your message said that you found the answer "elswhere" Can you tell me where you managed to find such "pearls of wisdom" Thanks -M-


On Tuesday, July 16, 2002 at 6:48 pm, jojo wrote:
>I have a question about Connect
>to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network:

>Hello! I just installed Windows 2000 Advanced Server in my computer which is connected
>to more than 30 computers in a LAN. It could ping all the computers and the other
>computers can ping mine but my computer does not show in their Network Neighborhood
>and their computers do not show in my Network Neighborhood. All the workgroups,
>usernames and passwords are fine. My computer was working fine when it had Windows
>NT installed. Now that I replaced it with Windows 2000, we can't see each other
>anymore in the Network.

>Please give me suggestions on how to fix this. Thanks!
>

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ip address can ping but pc not show in network


On Friday, June 18, 2004 at 7:23 am, mulangi wrote:
>Hi Jojo,
>I have bumped into the problem many times myself and "stumbled" onto your thread
>and appreciate your explanation. A related question remains..
>I remember reading somewhere that after installing the various protocols it was necessary
>to "wait a while for the network to establish some directory of names/IP addresses"
>(Loosly quoted here). I recall somewhere 12 minutes being mentioned.
>I wondered if you were aware of a way to "force" this update of the network lookup
>table or some way to avoid "waiting in vain" for things to happen?
>
>Oh! By the way your message said that you found the answer "elswhere" Can you tell
>me where you managed to find such "pearls of wisdom"
>
>Thanks
>-M-
>
>
>
>

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I am working on windows 98 LAN. I unable to see the listed computers which are in LAN. Plz tell me the procedure for the installation of NetBeui service on windows 98. I think through that we can see the listed computers on LAN. Plz give the reply to my mail ID.

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