Sure he can use Wins or LMHOSTS to access resources by name, but he will not
be able to browse to resources without a domain. As he stated in his post,
he can access the machines, but he can't browse to them via My Network
Places. This is a limitation of workgroups - browsing across subnets does
not work.
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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support
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"nut cracker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#4H1Mnl#(E-Mail Removed)...
> depending on the number of clients on his subnets, he can use LMHOSTS
files.
> This sucks, but it can be done.
>
> He can have a WINS server, and still not have a domain. That would give
him
> the ability to do lookups for his machines, as long as they all register
> into the same wins server.
>
>
> "Marc Reynolds [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:OQeKkij%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Without a domain you will not be able to browse across subnets.
Workgroups
> > are not WAN aware.
> >
> > 149941 Windows Clients Not Able to Browse Remote Workgroups
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=149941
> >
> > --
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Marc Reynolds
> > Microsoft Technical Support
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> >
> >
> > "Mark L" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:14efe01c3fa31$15b152f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I have a small problem I hope somebody knows how to fix. I
> > > have two subnets, with Win2k machines on each. We don't
> > > have a Windows Domain Controller. I need to be able to
> > > browse to workstations in the other subnet. I can access
> > > them, no sweat, but they do not show up in My Network
> > > Places. What's the answer here?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Mark
> >
> >
>
>
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