His mess = your profit. Having said that, I hate peer to peer networks. -Jeff Steward
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 5:13 PM, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > Ive been telling the guy forever to get a server for less then 2 grand, so > at the very least he can centralize his data and back it up. Practically all > his printers have Ethernet ports and could be managed by the server, login > scripts for shares etc etc, the list goes on and I know I'm preaching the > choir here just getting frustrated dealing with his mess. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Scott" <[email protected]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 5:02 PM > > Subject: Re: Cant Browse workgroup > > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Jeff Steward <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This thread brings back memories from the bad old days. >>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188305 >>> "Remember that name resolution among all browsers is critical and that >>> the >>> first thing to do is to establish a robust name resolution infrastructure >>> with WINS. A lot of time can be wasted trying to track down browser >>> issues, >>> which are really caused by name resolution problems." >>> >> >> He mentioned he can ping the other computers by name, which suggests >> it probabbly isn't a name resolution issue. >> >> Also, AFAIK, you can't run a WINS server on Windows unless you have >> one of the "Server" flavors of Windows, and he doesn't. If he had a >> Windows Server it would automatically get preferential treatment in >> browser elections, so he prolly wouldn't be dealing with browser wars >> in the first place. >> >> (Linux/Samba can also act as a WINS server. You also get explict >> control over all the NetBIOS name resolution and browse and election >> parameters, which can come in handy.) >> >> -- Ben >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
