Netbios question

[Guest]

I have a client with 2 networks lets say 192.168.1.0 net and 192.168.2.0 net.
he has a router in between. He can ping the 192.168.2.0 network from
192.168.1.0 network. One of the things we are not able to do is within My
network places to be able to see each others network. How do I transfer the
NetBIOS name from one network to the other through the router. Your quick
reply is appreciated

 

[Kurt]

You will need a WINS server. NetBIOS is broadcast based, so won't traverse a
routed link.
....kurt

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[Guest]

So Setup the Wins Server, Set dhcp server to supply wins information to my
workstations to both of the networks. If all my computers are win2k pro and
Xp pro can I accomplish the same thing with DNS only? or do I need the Wins
server still.

 

[Kurt]

You need the WINS server if you want to see computers in My Network Places.
(Incidentally, Linux has a utility called "lisa" that provides a network
neighborhood based entirely on DNS - and it works WAY better than the
NetBIOS browser). Do you really need to see every computer? If you have
shared resources, you could use DFS. Or if you don't want to do that, create
a share on a server (let's call it "netstuff"), Put shortcuts as UNC paths -
They _MUST_ be UNC paths (i.e. \\server01\share01), and a shortcut to
"netstuff" on everybody's desktop. Then you'll have a centrally managed
place where you can perform adds/chanages/deletes just once and it'll
automatically be updated for all users.

....kurt

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