How do you net send to multiple subnets?

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I am looking for a more efficient way of sending broadcast messages to the
organization. Currently I am using net send * "message" but this only goes
out to the subnet i'm on so I have to log into all of the severs and send the
message from them. We tried a script that that pulled the computer name out
of AD and did a net send to the PC names directly but have had mixed results
with it. I'm just looking for more ideas on how other people do this, since
I doubt i'm the first one with this problem.

Thanks in advance,
Clendeni
 
Subnet? Do you mean to a different domain?
You can specify the Domain name.
From the Command Prompt, type NET HELP SEND


Austin M. Horst
 
I mean subnets. For instance from if I send from 172.16.10.x the net send
will not go to another subnet 172.16.5.x even though it says it was sent to
the domain. I am using net send * as the command. I have also tried net
send /domain but that still just went to the subnet i'm logged into. And the
net send /users only went to the people logged into the server, it did not
get to our other sites.

Thanks,
Clendeni
 
You're obviously using TCP/IP for your network protocol so,
NET SEND * and NET SEND /DOMAIN will not go beyond your subnet.
However, NET SEND SpecificComputerName and NET SEND SpecificUserName will go outside the subnet.
If your computer names or users are not frequently changing,
you can write a "NET SEND" batch file including all the computer names.
If that's a pain, I would suggest a 3rd party utility like LANTALK http://www.lantalk.net/
or WinMessenger http://www.winmessenger.com/


Austin M. Horst
 
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