Network Browsing

When I go to network neighborhood and browse our domain,
I no longer see any of the network servers, I only see
the 2 local computers that are on my same network.
Something happened just recently to change this. The
servers are on a 10.1.16.x address and my workstation is
on a 10.8.192.x address. As a matter of fact, when the
browser is at the domain level, I see some different
domains on the 10.1.x.x network than I do on the
10.8.x.x. The problem is independent of workstation and
user. Our network people say that they did not make any
changes (such as filtering) on the network switches, but
something happened. At 8:00 on Tuesday I could see the
servers, at 8:30 I could not.

Any ideas?

Thanks

sometimes the network browser will miss some computer.
Start by "searching" for the computer name. Once you find
it open it (browse in it) so that you establish a network
link. Then go back to your domain in net-hood and see if
the computer shows up. If not then domain functionality
may have a problem or the computers are not really in the
same domain. I also notice that your domain spans on
different subnets. Can each computer see (in net-hood) all
the computers in the same subnet? NetBrowser works within
the LAN (as defined by gateway/subnetmask). A computer may
appear in net-hood after you access it manually but
disappear during the next NetBrowser refresh if it sits on
a seperate LAN.

christos


>-----Original Message-----
>When I go to network neighborhood and browse our domain,
>I no longer see any of the network servers, I only see
>the 2 local computers that are on my same network.
>Something happened just recently to change this. The
>servers are on a 10.1.16.x address and my workstation is
>on a 10.8.192.x address. As a matter of fact, when the
>browser is at the domain level, I see some different
>domains on the 10.1.x.x network than I do on the
>10.8.x.x. The problem is independent of workstation and
>user. Our network people say that they did not make any
>changes (such as filtering) on the network switches, but
>something happened. At 8:00 on Tuesday I could see the
>servers, at 8:30 I could not.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks
>.
>

As Christos said, browsing works on LAN broadcasts which do not normally
cross IP routers. To browse across routers, you usually need a WINS server.
WINS lets the segment browsers contact each other directly to build a
network-wide browse list. See KB 117633, 150800 and 188001 .

"Christos Kritikos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:011501c3dd35$cc41dee0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> sometimes the network browser will miss some computer.
> Start by "searching" for the computer name. Once you find
> it open it (browse in it) so that you establish a network
> link. Then go back to your domain in net-hood and see if
> the computer shows up. If not then domain functionality
> may have a problem or the computers are not really in the
> same domain. I also notice that your domain spans on
> different subnets. Can each computer see (in net-hood) all
> the computers in the same subnet? NetBrowser works within
> the LAN (as defined by gateway/subnetmask). A computer may
> appear in net-hood after you access it manually but
> disappear during the next NetBrowser refresh if it sits on
> a seperate LAN.
>
> christos
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >When I go to network neighborhood and browse our domain,
> >I no longer see any of the network servers, I only see
> >the 2 local computers that are on my same network.
> >Something happened just recently to change this. The
> >servers are on a 10.1.16.x address and my workstation is
> >on a 10.8.192.x address. As a matter of fact, when the
> >browser is at the domain level, I see some different
> >domains on the 10.1.x.x network than I do on the
> >10.8.x.x. The problem is independent of workstation and
> >user. Our network people say that they did not make any
> >changes (such as filtering) on the network switches, but
> >something happened. At 8:00 on Tuesday I could see the
> >servers, at 8:30 I could not.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >Thanks
> >.
> >