Windows 2000 client cannot browse network

[Eric]

Is there a difference between how Windows 2000 and Windows 98 browse a
network?

I have two machines in a remote office, one a w2k and the other a w98.
The w98 can browse and map to drives on a (remote) server but the w2k
machine cannot.

The w2k machine can ping the server both by IP and by computer name. I
can map a drive on the server with the w2k box, and if I mis-type the
mapped directory, the w2k box recognizes the mistake. But when I do a
dir command or double-click on the mapped drive, it fails.

Netbios over tcp/ip is enabled, and so is NetBeui. I've tried a number
of things with no affect. I'm wondering if the router is the culprit.

Thanks,
Eric

 

[G]

There are several layers to a network, and at the tcp/ip level there is no
difference. Once you get down to the o/s, and file system, there are big
differences. Is it a domain or peer2peer? What o/s is running on the
server that these machines are trying to access and how are they
authenticating to it? Oh, and why on earth are you using Netbeui?

 

[Marina Roos]

He was talking about a remote server.
Eric, have you got WINS installed on that server? W9x needs it.

Marina

 

[G]

....and he said the Win9x box was not having a problem, it is the W2K box
that is the problem.

 

[Marina Roos]

Yeah, you're right about that. Let's wait untill Eric responses.

Marina