You are really in a bind here. You need browsing in both segments for
your system to work properly, but the desktop needs to be the master browser
for both segments. This is not possible. A machine cannot be the master
browser for two different segments at the same time. If you disable NetBT on
the 192.168.3 interface, scanning fails. If you disable it on the 192.168.2
interface, file sharing fails for the other workstations.
You cannot get a combined browse list either. You need a domain
controller to build a combined browse list across segments.
"Devinder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:EF434915-8356-4135-A9B6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thank you so much for the reply. The laptops have been able to print to
> the
> multifunction, but now scanning on the multifuntion has stopped working.
> Here
> is how the scanning works. When you scan a document, the multifunction
> creates a PDF file and puts it in a folder on the attached desktop. Since
> I
> disabled netBIOS over TCP/IP on that desktop's ethernet port, the
> Multifunction is unable to transfer the PDF file to the Desktop folder. It
> cannot find the folder.
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Bill Grant" wrote:
>
>> Yes, this is a known problem with multihomed machines. The basic
>> problem
>> is that there are two IP addresses associated with the machine's name.
>> The
>> browser service should only bind to one of these addresses. Normally just
>> disabling Netbios over TCP/IP on one NIC solves the problem. The
>> multihomed
>> machine can then function normally as far as browsing is concerned. It
>> can
>> even be the browse master.
>>
>> You should be able to run the computer browser service in the
>> 192.168.2 subnet as long as you disable Netbios over TCP/IP on the
>> Ethernet
>> device on the multihomed machine which is in the 192.168.3 subnet.
>>
>> Browsing should then work in the 192.168.3 as well. It just won't
>> include the mutihomed machine in its browse list. Some other machine will
>> do
>> the job of browse master.
>>
>> "Devinder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:C2B450C9-513A-47AC-9CF5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > For physical layout reasons, I was forced to setup a desktop as a
>> > Multihomed
>> > PC running XP. Here is my setup:
>> >
>> > 3 Laptops and 1 Desktop(serves as a file server) running XP Pro,
>> > connected
>> > wirelessly to a USRobotics router, which in turn is connected to a
>> > Cable
>> > modem. There is a USRobotics range extender installed too.
>> > All the machines have static IP addresses (192.168.2.X),
>> > router(192.168.2.1)
>> > A network-multifunction is connected to the Ethernet port on the
>> > desktop,
>> > and its IP is (192.168.3.100)
>> >
>> > When the network was first setup this way, it would stop working after
>> > a
>> > few
>> > hours. The laptops would show as being connected, but could not access
>> > the
>> > Internet or shared docs on the desktop. An article on the Internet
>> > suggested
>> > that the Multihomed computer should not have the Browser service
>> > running
>> > or
>> > should not maintain the master Browser server list. I have turned the
>> > service
>> > off on all the computers, and now the network keeps working for a few
>> > days,
>> > before it stops responding. I don't see any events in the event log
>> > pertaining to the network problem.
>> >
>> > Is this a well-known issue with multihomed Computers? Should the
>> > network
>> > be
>> > running fine with the browser service turned off?
>> >
>> > Please advise.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>>
>>
>>
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