Can't view workgroup on SVR 2k3 and XP pro network.

G

Guest

I have been working on this problem for some time.
Chuck's website is great, but I just can't figure
out what to do next. Please someone help.

I run SVR 2k3 sp1 and XP SP2. We are running in workgroups.

-Firewall disabled
-Computer Browser Service disabled on workstation.
-Enabled NetBios over TCP/IP
-Anonymous Access set to 0 on both machines.
-Running only Symantec Antivirus Corp 10.0
-Same Admin account on all machines with same password.
-Simple File Sharing unchecked
-I can map a drive to NRCCE-MGMT
-I can use \\computername\share from Run.

Everything to me looks OK, except when the workstation says
that browsing is not active. What does that mean?
thanks ahead of time for anyhelp.

Chris

Below you can see the ipconfig, browstat and CDIAG for
both NRCCEit001(workstation) and NRCCE-MGMT(masterbrowser)
#####################################################
IPCONFIG for NRCCEIT001 Workstation
#####################################################

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NRCCEIT001

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:



Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG
Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-6F-31-02-D3



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit
Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-22-D3-39-B0

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.167.247

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.167.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.167.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 157.182.133.11

157.182.140.2

157.182.140.71

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, March 01, 2006
9:44:36 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, March 03, 2006 11:44:36 AM


#####################################################
Browstat output for NRCCEIT001 Workstation
#####################################################

Status for domain NRCCE on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{00AF7FED-A9BF-4FEF-BD2B-E82674EFBF87}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master browser name is held by: NRCCE-MGMT
Master browser is running build 3790

#####################################################
CDIAG for NRCCEIT001 to NRCCE-MGMT
#####################################################
CDiagnosis V1.32
Start diagnosis for NRCCE-MGMT

Adhoc Browser View

Server Name Remark

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\\AFINAMORE1

\\ASHOCK

\\CARL

\\DO-ASSISTANT

\\DO-STUDENT

\\DO-STUDENT2



The command completed successfully.


Full Targets NRCCEIT001 192.168.167.247 NRCCE-mgmt 192.168.167.15 127.0.0.1

Target NRCCEIT001

"NRCCE-MGMT ping NRCCEIT001"



Pinging NRCCEIT001 [192.168.167.247] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.167.247: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.247: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.247: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.247: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.167.247:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"NRCCE-MGMT net view NRCCEIT001"

Shared resources at NRCCEIT001



Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
reberdocuments Disk
The command completed successfully.


Target 192.168.167.247

"NRCCE-MGMT ping 192.168.167.247"



Pinging 192.168.167.247 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.167.247: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.247: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.247: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.247: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.167.247:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"NRCCE-MGMT net view 192.168.167.247"

Shared resources at 192.168.167.247



Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
reberdocuments Disk
The command completed successfully.


Target NRCCE-mgmt

"NRCCE-MGMT ping NRCCE-mgmt"



Pinging NRCCE-MGMT [192.168.167.148] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.167.148: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.148: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.148: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.148: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.167.148:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"NRCCE-MGMT net view NRCCE-mgmt"

Shared resources at NRCCE-mgmt



Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Client Disk
EMS Disk
RANT32 Disk
VirtualEMS Disk
VPHOME Disk (UNC) Symantec AntiVirus
VPLOGON Disk Symantec AntiVirus
The command completed successfully.


Target 192.168.167.15

"NRCCE-MGMT ping 192.168.167.15"



Pinging 192.168.167.15 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.167.15: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.15: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.15: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.15: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.167.15:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"NRCCE-MGMT net view 192.168.167.15"

Shared resources at 192.168.167.15



Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Client Disk
EMS Disk
RANT32 Disk
VirtualEMS Disk
VPHOME Disk Symantec AntiVirus
VPLOGON Disk Symantec AntiVirus
The command completed successfully.


Target 127.0.0.1

"NRCCE-MGMT ping 127.0.0.1"



Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"NRCCE-MGMT net view 127.0.0.1"

Shared resources at 127.0.0.1



Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Client Disk
EMS Disk
RANT32 Disk
VirtualEMS Disk
VPHOME Disk Symantec AntiVirus
VPLOGON Disk Symantec AntiVirus
The command completed successfully.


Ping Targets www.yahoo.com 66.94.230.32 192.168.167.1

Target www.yahoo.com

"NRCCE-MGMT ping www.yahoo.com"



Pinging www.yahoo.akadns.net [68.142.226.32] with 32 bytes of data:



Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.



Ping statistics for 68.142.226.32:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),


Target 66.94.230.32

"NRCCE-MGMT ping 66.94.230.32"



Pinging 66.94.230.32 with 32 bytes of data:



Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.



Ping statistics for 66.94.230.32:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),


Target 192.168.167.1

"NRCCE-MGMT ping 192.168.167.1"



Pinging 192.168.167.1 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.167.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.167.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.167.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.167.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64



Ping statistics for 192.168.167.1:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms


End diagnosis for NRCCE-MGMT



#####################################################
IPCONFIG for NRCCE-MGMT
#####################################################

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NRCCE-MGMT

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 S Server Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-B3-F0-9C-12

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.167.148

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.167.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 157.182.133.11

157.182.140.2

157.182.140.71

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:23:11 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:23:11 PM



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet #2

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-1F-66-79-6A

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.167.15

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.167.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 157.182.133.11

157.182.140.2

157.182.140.71


#####################################################
Browstat for NRCCE-MGMT
#####################################################

Status for domain NRCCE on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{DA9A7CEA-463F-40E6-9BE5-BFDBDFC78FA8}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: NRCCE-MGMT
Master browser is running build 3790
1 backup servers retrieved from master NRCCE-MGMT
\\NRCCE-MGMT
There are 24 servers in domain NRCCE on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{DA9A7CEA-463F-40E6-9BE5-BFDBDFC78FA8}
There are 6 domains in domain NRCCE on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{DA9A7CEA-463F-40E6-9BE5-BFDBDFC78FA8}


Status for domain NRCCE on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{C370D687-829B-4FAA-A167-9F68212646BD}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master browser name is held by: NRCCE-MGMT
Master browser is running build 3790
#####################################################
CDIAG OUTPUT for NRCCE-MGMT
#####################################################
CDiagnosis V1.32
Start diagnosis for NRCCE-MGMT

Adhoc Browser View

Server Name Remark

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\\AFINAMORE1

\\ASHOCK

\\CARL

\\DO-ASSISTANT

\\DO-STUDENT

\\DO-STUDENT2

\\DPATCHEN

\\EJORDAN

\\KATHLEEN

\\MHOFFMAN

\\NRCCE-BACKUP

\\NRCCE-CGREEN

\\NRCCE-ENTBAK

\\NRCCE-FS

\\NRCCE-MGMT

\\NRCCEIT001

\\PANDREAS

\\REBO-AYANEGO

\\REBO-LANA

\\SAUS

\\SNAP01_NRCCE Snap! 192.168.167.10 00-C0-B6-01-8D-5F

\\SOMAK-NEW New setup

\\TRAVIS Travis

\\WVU000059

The command completed successfully.


Full Targets NRCCEIT001 192.168.167.247 NRCCE-mgmt 192.168.167.15 127.0.0.1

Target NRCCEIT001

"NRCCE-MGMT ping NRCCEIT001"



Pinging NRCCEIT001 [192.168.167.247] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.167.247: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.247: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.247: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.247: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.167.247:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"NRCCE-MGMT net view NRCCEIT001"

Shared resources at NRCCEIT001



Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
reberdocuments Disk
The command completed successfully.


Target 192.168.167.247

"NRCCE-MGMT ping 192.168.167.247"



Pinging 192.168.167.247 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.167.247: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.247: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.247: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.247: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.167.247:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"NRCCE-MGMT net view 192.168.167.247"

Shared resources at 192.168.167.247



Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
reberdocuments Disk
The command completed successfully.


Target NRCCE-mgmt

"NRCCE-MGMT ping NRCCE-mgmt"



Pinging NRCCE-MGMT [192.168.167.148] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.167.148: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.148: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.148: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.148: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.167.148:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"NRCCE-MGMT net view NRCCE-mgmt"

Shared resources at NRCCE-mgmt



Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Client Disk
EMS Disk
RANT32 Disk
VirtualEMS Disk
VPHOME Disk (UNC) Symantec AntiVirus
VPLOGON Disk Symantec AntiVirus
The command completed successfully.


Target 192.168.167.15

"NRCCE-MGMT ping 192.168.167.15"



Pinging 192.168.167.15 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.167.15: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.15: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.15: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.167.15: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.167.15:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"NRCCE-MGMT net view 192.168.167.15"

Shared resources at 192.168.167.15



Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Client Disk
EMS Disk
RANT32 Disk
VirtualEMS Disk
VPHOME Disk Symantec AntiVirus
VPLOGON Disk Symantec AntiVirus
The command completed successfully.


Target 127.0.0.1

"NRCCE-MGMT ping 127.0.0.1"



Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"NRCCE-MGMT net view 127.0.0.1"

Shared resources at 127.0.0.1



Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Client Disk
EMS Disk
RANT32 Disk
VirtualEMS Disk
VPHOME Disk Symantec AntiVirus
VPLOGON Disk Symantec AntiVirus
The command completed successfully.


Ping Targets www.yahoo.com 66.94.230.32 192.168.167.1

Target www.yahoo.com

"NRCCE-MGMT ping www.yahoo.com"



Pinging www.yahoo.akadns.net [68.142.226.32] with 32 bytes of data:



Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.



Ping statistics for 68.142.226.32:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),


Target 66.94.230.32

"NRCCE-MGMT ping 66.94.230.32"



Pinging 66.94.230.32 with 32 bytes of data:



Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.



Ping statistics for 66.94.230.32:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),


Target 192.168.167.1

"NRCCE-MGMT ping 192.168.167.1"



Pinging 192.168.167.1 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.167.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.167.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.167.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.167.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64



Ping statistics for 192.168.167.1:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms


End diagnosis for NRCCE-MGMT
 
C

Chuck

I have been working on this problem for some time.
Chuck's website is great, but I just can't figure
out what to do next. Please someone help.

I run SVR 2k3 sp1 and XP SP2. We are running in workgroups.

-Firewall disabled
-Computer Browser Service disabled on workstation.
-Enabled NetBios over TCP/IP
-Anonymous Access set to 0 on both machines.
-Running only Symantec Antivirus Corp 10.0
-Same Admin account on all machines with same password.
-Simple File Sharing unchecked
-I can map a drive to NRCCE-MGMT
-I can use \\computername\share from Run.

Everything to me looks OK, except when the workstation says
that browsing is not active. What does that mean?
thanks ahead of time for anyhelp.

Chris
Click to expand...

<SNIP>

Chris,

This intrigues me too. Here's a good example.
#####################################################
Browstat for NRCCE-MGMT
#####################################################
Status for domain NRCCE on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{DA9A7CEA-463F-40E6-9BE5-BFDBDFC78FA8}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: NRCCE-MGMT
Master browser is running build 3790
1 backup servers retrieved from master NRCCE-MGMT
\\NRCCE-MGMT
There are 24 servers in domain NRCCE on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{DA9A7CEA-463F-40E6-9BE5-BFDBDFC78FA8}
There are 6 domains in domain NRCCE on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{DA9A7CEA-463F-40E6-9BE5-BFDBDFC78FA8}


Status for domain NRCCE on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{C370D687-829B-4FAA-A167-9F68212646BD}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master browser name is held by: NRCCE-MGMT
Master browser is running build 3790

You've got 2 NBT transports. One reports browsing active, and recognises itself
as the master browser. The other reports browsing NOT active, yet still
recognises itself as the master browser.

Looking at the CDiag logs, I see one major problem. Something that I've
suspected before, in cases like yours. You are running 2 LANs, on each of these
2 computers. The one LAN is where all of the computers are. The other LAN is
how you want to communicate with the other computer. But you're putting both
LANs on the same subnet.
# Create a separate subnet, say 192.168.168/24, and manually assign both Gigabit
adapters to that subnet.
# Setup entries in your LMHosts file (since your DNS servers appear to be
public, I'm guessing DNS / Hosts would be inappropriate here), indicating each
other computer by its Gigabit LAN address.
# Try and avoid creating a bridge between the 2 LANs, on either NRCCE-MGMT or
NRCCEIT001.

Please do let us know how this works for you, both immediately and long term. I
think your case may help a few folks who have posted here.
 
G

Guest

Chuck,
Thanks for the help. I didn't realize that Nic problem. All I need to do was
disable the other card. I was not really using it and didn't know why it was
plugged up in the first place. Problem is all fixed. thanks again.

Chris
 
C

Chuck

That's great, Chris. Thanks for letting us know. Glad it was so easily fixed,
once you realised what had to be done.

Chuck
 

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