Ken,
The browse list is cached, it's not updated immediately. When you
turned the firewall off on Bernard, it was able to see Kenneth as the
master browser,
Evidently the hub and cables are ok then?
and got the browse list from it. You turned the
firewall back on, and were still able to see, because of the cached
browse list.
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You could have a hardware problem too (anything is possible, and
especially compound problems), but let's concentrate on the firewall
issue. We need to first look at the network while the firewalls are
in normal state, which right now is on (which is a good normal state).
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Let's look at "browstat status",
Bernard XP Home, no SP Master Browser set to Auto
Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{363510F7-6EAD-
4B0C-A746-6BE0E142A193}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: BERNARD
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master BERNARD
\\BERNARD
There are 1 servers in domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_
{363510F7-6EAD-4B0C-A746-6BE0E142A193}
There are 1 domains in domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_
{363510F7-6EAD-4B0C-A746-6BE0E142A193}
Kenneth XP Home, SP1, Master Browser set to Yes
Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{8F7F4ADF-3D5B-
44D3-BEEB-AF300F87B1FA}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master browser name is held by: KENNETH
Master browser is running build 2600
"ipconfig /all",
Bernard
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Bernard
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 VM Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-A5-D7-84-9E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Kenneth
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Kenneth
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 VE Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-11-5A-B1-0C
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
PPP adapter Deru:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 4.240.36.225
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 4.240.36.225
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 209.244.0.3
209.244.0.4
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
"net config server", and "net config workstation",
Bernard
Server Name \\BERNARD
Server Comment Compaq 5000
Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{363510F7-6EAD-4B0C-A746-6BE0E142A193} (0002a5d7849e)
Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 5
Maximum open files per session 16384
Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.
Computer name \\BERNARD
Full Computer name Bernard
User name Ken
Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{363510F7-6EAD-4B0C-A746-6BE0E142A193} (0002A5D7849E)
Software version Windows 2002
Workstation domain MSHOME
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain BERNARD
COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.
Kenneth
Server Name \\KENNETH
Server Comment eMachine
Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{8F7F4ADF-3D5B-44D3-BEEB-AF300F87B1FA} (0011115ab10c)
Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 5
Maximum open files per session 16384
Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.
from each computer. Read this
TCP/IP - Advanced Properties - WINS
Both Bernard and Kenneth
/X/ enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP
Thanks
Ken