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Can't See Own Server

LadyTech

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At work, Running NT 4.0 on both workstations and Servers.
My server is just a file sharing server. I can map to it just fine, access just fine, etc... but I CAN'T see it in Network Neighborhood from my workstation. This is a large LAN, with numerous PDC's, BDC's, other servers, workstations, all of which I can see.. just not my own server. I've got NETBUI loaded, LMHOSTS is hardcoded with the IP address, etc.. my "higher" level Help Desk, is no help.. they don't have a clue. Anyone have any ideas?
 
Sounds like a name resolution problem.. Do you have WINS setup?

LMHOSTS just helps identify computers when you actively try to find them by their name. It's really just a replacement for HOSTS that NetBios uses. It doesn't let you see them in network neighborhood. Thinking several jobs back, I think I remember figuring this out - you MIGHT be able to add a /PRE and a /DOM😀omainname to the end of the LMHOSTS entry. i.e.

192.168.1.3 server1 /PRE /DOM:mydomain

See if it works, otherwise just get your WINS servers IP's in your machine and everything will be better.

- G
 
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