Windows XP onto win98SE network makes half the 98's disappear

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Hi,
I installed 3 new Windows XP home edition PC's for a client who had a
network of 19 Windows 98 SE Pc's all doing File and Print sharing and
internet sharing. The
minute I plug one of the XP's into the network, and the 98's refresh thier
network view, all they see is ten other Pc's (any random combo of ten on the
network) and themselves. Is there a reason for this?

It seams like XP is taking over the browser master function and setting a
limit of 10 pc's on it. Could this be true?

any suggestions on how to integrate the XP's into the 98 network and getting
all pc's still visible?
 
Hi,
I installed 3 new Windows XP home edition PC's for a client who had a
network of 19 Windows 98 SE Pc's all doing File and Print sharing and
internet sharing. The
minute I plug one of the XP's into the network, and the 98's refresh thier
network view, all they see is ten other Pc's (any random combo of ten on the
network) and themselves. Is there a reason for this?

It seams like XP is taking over the browser master function and setting a
limit of 10 pc's on it. Could this be true?

any suggestions on how to integrate the XP's into the 98 network and getting
all pc's still visible?

Robert,

The browsers for WinXP (WinNT/2K/XP) and Win98 (Win95/98/ME) don't work well
together on the same LAN.

Make sure the browser service is running only on the Win98 computers. On the
WinXP computers, Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services, Stop then
Disable the browser service. Then wait an hour or so (nominally 48 minutes) for
full results.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers (I'm not talking about
Internet Explorer here) you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

You can download Browstat from either:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<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, by "browstat status". Make sure all XP computers list the same master
browser.
For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231312
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/win95/w95brows.mspx>

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Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.
 
Chuck,
I just want to be sure:
If I stop the browser service, will the XP machines still be able to browse
the network assuming one of the 98's has taken the role of Master Browser?
Or will the XP's lose all ability to see and use the network?
 
Chuck,
I just want to be sure:
If I stop the browser service, will the XP machines still be able to browse
the network assuming one of the 98's has taken the role of Master Browser?
Or will the XP's lose all ability to see and use the network?

Robert,

Assuming that there are no other network problems, the current Win98 browsers
should be able to handle the workload (up til you introduced the 3 WinXP
computers, Network Neighborhood was correctly showing all computers, right?),
including the 3 new WinXP computers.

Your problem is that you have Win98 and WinXP computers on the LAN, and
computers in both groups are trying to provide browser service. Unfortunately,
the two don't work well together, so you need to disable one or the other.
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/win95/w95brows.mspx>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=246489

My suspicion is that you can stop the browser service on 3 WinXP computers a lot
easier than identifying and stopping the browse master on up to 19 Win98
computers. Microsoft provided the browstat tool so you can analyse your current
LAN browser structure - unfortunately, browstat only runs on WinNT/2K/XP.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

What's the current situation - what can each WinXP computer see in Network
Neighborhood? Does this correspond in any way with the Network Neighborhood
display on the various Win98 computers?

--
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.
 
Chuck said:
Robert,

The browsers for WinXP (WinNT/2K/XP) and Win98 (Win95/98/ME) don't
work well together on the same LAN.

Make sure the browser service is running only on the Win98 computers.
On the WinXP computers, Control Panel - Administrative Tools -
Services, Stop then Disable the browser service. Then wait an hour
or so (nominally 48 minutes) for full results.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers (I'm not
talking about Internet Explorer here) you have in your domain /
workgroup, at any time. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

You can download Browstat from either:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<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, by "browstat status". Make sure all XP
computers list the same master browser.
For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate),
see: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231312
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbro
wse.mspx>
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/win95/w95brows.mspx>

Sorry for intervening, but I am having major trouble. I have the
browstat.exe file but cannot get it to run under W98 or XP because of
missing file. Can you help please.
 
Sorry for intervening, but I am having major trouble. I have the
browstat.exe file but cannot get it to run under W98 or XP because of
missing file. Can you help please.

Browstat should run fine under Windows NT/2K/XP. It won't run under Windows
9x/ME.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

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--
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.
 
Hi Chuck.
I have been following this posting and trying some of the suggestions. Since
you are obviously expert, please will you look at the item I raised in this
group on 27/2/05 at 15.28.
ATK
 

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