> >Initially, I set up all my clients (4) with a 192.168.2XX.x IP addy. > >The subnet mask is 255.255.0.0. > > > >I then set up my "servers" (4) with a 192.168.2XY.x IP addy. > >The subnet mask is 255.255.0.0. > > > >Yes, my router (1) is in the 192.168.2XY.x range. > >My printer (1) is in the 192.168.2XY.x range. > >My subnet mask for these two is 255.255.0.0. > > > >If I sit at a machine on an address of 192.168.2XY.x, I can not > >open the net neighborhood 'shares' of w2k machines that are > >addressed as 192.168.2XX.x. Is this normal? > > Yes.
How do you figure? All of the devices are within his subnet, and there's no reason he shouldn't be able to browse them. With the /16 subnet, anything from 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.255.254 is local. Is a /16 overkill for 10 hosts? Of course, but there's no reason I can see as to why it wouldn't work. Greg
