Microsoft KB Archive/140087

Cannot Browse Windows NT Domains Across IP Subnets

PSS ID Number: Q140087 Article last modified on 11-22-1995

95

WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

When you browse the network, you see only your Windows NT logon domain and your current workgroup in the browse list.

= CAUSE =

You may experience this behavior when TCP/IP is the only network protocol you are using.

= RESOLUTION =

To browse across IP subnets with a Windows 95-based computer, you must satisfy one of the following conditions.

NOTE: These conditions are valid only if any NetBIOS name resolution problems are resolved with WINS, LMHOSTS, or DNS.

  You have a Windows NT server on the subnet that merges the browse list with other Windows NT servers on other subnets.   You have a Windows NT workstation or server in your workgroup as the browse master.   Your workgroup name is the same as a remote Windows NT domain. This is required when there are no Windows NT computers on the subnet. It is necessary in this case to use either WINS or an LMHOSTS file for NetBIOS name resolution. If you use an LMHOSTS file, you must include the following entry: This makes it possible for the Windows 95 local master to participate in the merging of the WAN browse list.   If you have only Windows 95-based computers on the subnet and you want to organize them in individual workgroups that are not equal to a remote Windows NT domain, you must designate at least one Windows 95- based computer on the subnet to represent the remote domain. In other words, set at least one Windows 95-based computer to have its workgroup match the remote domain. This makes it possible for the Windows NT domains to have representatives on the subnet, and merges the browse list between a remote domain controller and a Windows 95 server. Windows 95 workstations in other workgroups can see the domains on the entire network because the Windows 95 servers are the local browse masters for these domains. If you choose to do this, you must have a Windows 95 server on your subnet for every remote domain you want to browse.   The above information is also true for Windows for Workgroups using the updated VRedir included with Windows NT 3.51. However, because of UI differences between Windows 95 and Windows for Workgroups, a Windows for Workgroups-based computer sees the logon domain (and only that domain) in the browse list without satisfying any of the above conditions. 
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KBCategory: kbnetwork kbenv KBSubcategory: win95 msnets Additional reference words: 95 login ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1995.