XP and NT 4.0 Server

[Guest]

Hi,
I have been running a network with 1 Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6A. We use
TCP/IP and NetBeui. An employee has installed Windows XP on a machine. The NT
4 server does not see the client and the client cannot see the sever or
access the application on the server. There is no NETBeui in Windows XP
protocol for Microsoft.

Can anybody tell me how to communicate between the two?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi,
I have been running a network with 1 Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6A.
We use TCP/IP and NetBeui. An employee has installed Windows XP on a
machine. The NT 4 server does not see the client and the client
cannot see the sever or access the application on the server. There
is no NETBeui in Windows XP protocol for Microsoft.

Can anybody tell me how to communicate between the two?

Well, you can install NetBEUI in WinXP (see below), but I'm wondering why
you use it at all. TCP/IP alone should work - you should install and
configure WINS, and specify the WINS server IP in your DHCP server's scope
settings (use 0x8 for hybrid node, also). NetBEUI is old stuff and isn't
very efficient - nor is using two protocols when one will suffice.

Note that NetBEUI isn't supported on XP - but see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301041&sd=tech if
you want to do this. I don't recommend it.
Also note that NT4 has reached "end of life" and is no longer supported -