Okay, so I was hasty in my original answer :-).
Having not played with a Windows Workgroup in years, I set one up last
night and tested some things.
1) You can not set up a workgroup across a router but you can across a
bridge.
2) The following scenario works: 2 workgroups on either side of a
router. One domain member of the same domain on either side of the
router In that situation, the two workgroups can browse.
3) Having a WINS server (that is not a member of a domain which exists
on both sides of the router) is insufficient. WINS just tells
computers how to resolve, plus it tells computers how to locate domain
controllers, browsers, etc. You must have a computer on either side
which is capable of acting as a subnet master browser. (Win95 can do
it, provided its workgroup name is the same as the domain name AND it
can contact the domain controller by looking up the WINS <1B> record
or uses the #DOM: entry in its lmhosts file).
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q148/5/27.asp?LN=EN-U
S&SD=gn&FR=0 provides mircrosofts confirmation of this last detail (I
only looked for it this morning).
So, the answer to the original question is "No way, unless you use a
domain in some fashion," but the answer is more complicated than I
originally implied, which can be explained but not excused by the fact
that I haven't seen a Workgroup in many moons.
Henry "Trivia Hound" Sieff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Bastien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 8:59 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Workgroups through firewall
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> No. Workgroups on separate networks are separate workgroups.
> You'll need to use a domain.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 16:22
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Workgroups through firewall
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> Hello again.
>
> I have a pool of addresses from ISP.
> I have ipchains firewall between lan with workstations
> assigned addresses from this pool
> and a lan with 192.168.1.x address.
> How can they be a part of the same workgroup (see each other
> in network neighborhood)?
> Is this even possible?
>
> Thanks guys.
>
> Adam
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