Win98 Network Neighborhood problem

My Win98 machine refuses to see my Debian and BSD systems in the
Network Neighborhood. However, "net use ...", issued in a DOS window,
quickly establishes a working, browseable drive mapping without any
problem--the mapped drive even shows up in Windows Explorer. "Find
Computer" also works, opening a box with the specified machine listed
and browseable. This suggests that Samba is configured correctly and
that the network is operational. It seems that everything works except
for Network Neighborhood. The problem exists whether you click on
Network Neighborhood from the desktop, or from within Windows Explorer.
Clicking View / Refresh does not help. The network is configured as
peer-to-peer; there are no WINS servers of NT Domain Controllers.

I am using a netgear router and have standard TCP/IP using DHCP on all
machines (both Win and Unix). Everything else networkwise works
perfectly: ftp, http, ssh, you name it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Jeff

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"optionstraderjeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>My Win98 machine refuses to see my Debian and BSD systems in the
>Network Neighborhood. However, "net use ...", issued in a DOS window,
>quickly establishes a working, browseable drive mapping without any
>problem--the mapped drive even shows up in Windows Explorer. "Find
>Computer" also works, opening a box with the specified machine listed
>and browseable. This suggests that Samba is configured correctly and
>that the network is operational. It seems that everything works except
>for Network Neighborhood. The problem exists whether you click on
>Network Neighborhood from the desktop, or from within Windows Explorer.
> Clicking View / Refresh does not help. The network is configured as
>peer-to-peer; there are no WINS servers of NT Domain Controllers.
>
>I am using a netgear router and have standard TCP/IP using DHCP on all
>machines (both Win and Unix). Everything else networkwise works
>perfectly: ftp, http, ssh, you name it.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Jeff

Are the Debian and BSD systems making NetBIOS broadcasts to announce
their presence on the network? If not, they won't appear in Network
Neighborhood.

In addition, Network Neighborhood only shows computers in the same
workgroup as the Win98 machine. Mapping and "Find Computer" work with
computers in any workgroup.

To see other workgroups in Network Neighborhood, click the Entire
Network icon. Click a workgroup to see the computers in it.
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