Assuming you have setup your network as a workgroup.... this in my guess:
If one machine on your network is having intermittent problems and none of the others are affected, AND you are working with the latest M$ OS, the problem most likely is a result of having multiple master browsers in the workgroup. A master browser is a list of all the machines on your workgroup. Think of it as DNS lite. It is tied to a single machine and is cached on every workstation. Workgroups are supposed to be self-correcting and able to establish one machine as the master browser. Unfortunately, with all the OS releasin' the fine folks in Redmond have been doing, there have been a lot of problems getting all OSs to cooperate in a workgroup environment. Sometimes, there ends up being a LOT of master browsers on the network, I have seen cases where each machine thinks it is a master browser, and this can cause random, unpredictable problems like the one you described. On Win 98 workgroups, you can actually get away with having multiple master browsers (every machine, potentially, could be one). But with Win2K, Me, and XP, there are often issues with this that will leave some machines unable to access SOME network resources (read: sometimes it is the internet connection, sometimes it is other machines, this behavior is unpredictable). You can easily find out if this is the problem by doing the following: 1) Run nbtstat -n on the XP machine. This will give you a table of entries. See if there is one named _MSBROWSE. If so, this machine is the master browser on your network. If not, that's even better. 2) Run nbtstat -A + the IP address of each other machine in your workgroup. Look for the _MSBROWSE entry. 3) If there is more than one machine with this entry, decide which one will be the master browser and stick with it. If you need to delete a master browser entry on Win98, turn off the "Browse Master" setting by going to start > settings > control panel > network > file & printer sharing for m$ networks > advanced > properties > browse master > value = disabled. I do not know how to do this with XP, but I imagine the process is similar. 4) Write a strongly worded letter to the people in Washington and tell them to fix their product. Let me knwo if this fixes it, Mike -----Original Message----- From: Randell Byron Adkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 8:58 AM To: CF-Community Subject: DSL / Router Question for everyone: I have DSL and a DSL Router. Running Windows XP Professional. At times my main machine loses the internet connection from the router. The router still maintains the IP from DSL. My other 2 machines are fine and have yet to lose the connection. This usually occurs when I am not on the machine for a period of time. It requires me to reboot the machine and then I am back online. Anyone experience this problem? I have considered running a script which checks for the connection and if it is not present, perform a reboot. Thoughts??? ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
