I have four computers connected to a Hawking router and a DSL modem also
connected to the router. The problem is that no matter what I do, two of the
computers network together with each other and only with each otherand the
other two computers network do the same thing, so what I have is two networks
of two computers instead of one network of one computer? On one of my two
"networks:, one computer has Windows XP and the other has Windows 98SE. The
other networked pair both have XP Pro. How do I get all four together?
Tony,
Are all 4 computers in the same workgroup?
Identify the 2 XP computers that stay on the most. Make sure the browser
service is running on those two computers. Control Panel - Administrative Tools
- Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper,
services both show with Status = Started. Disable the browser on the other XP
computer, and on the Win98 computer. Win98 browser does not play by the rules
when on the LAN with WinNT/2K/XP.
http://cms.simons-rock.edu/faq_by_subtopic/node138.html
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;246489
The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers you have in your
domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
You can download Browstat from either:
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http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
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http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>
Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window.
For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
Please provide browstat information for each computer, if any help still needed.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "browstat status >c:\browstat.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\browstat.txt in Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is
NOT checked!, copy and paste into your next post. Identify each computer by
name and operating system.
