Browsing between subnets w/o PDC

[Mark L]

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

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

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

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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[nut cracker]

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]]

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

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.