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WildCrazyDude
03-20-2003, 12:30 PM
I have a LAN (peer to peer, with DHCP) of 30 PCs with only ONE Win xp and the rest in win 2000 or 98/95. Win xp sees only 5 computers in its network neighborhood, and the rest of PCs can see all including the win xp. I installed NETBeUI and activate Netbios over TCP/IP, guest account and file sharing in win xp, but this win xp can still see ONLY FIVE computers in its neighborhood !!!! Why ???? All the PCs is under the same workgroup, ex: mshome. Anyone knows why, and how to make this win xp see all the PCs in my peer to peer LAN (all connected to the same HUB with DHCP). Thanks.

PS: I do not want to join in a Domain-controlled server yet.

ericelrojo
04-08-2003, 02:25 PM
Did you install NetBEUI for WIN XP ???
Can you ping the rest of the PCs from the Win XP ???

classicsoftware
04-09-2003, 10:41 PM
This is a double post

go here (http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21284)

WildCrazyDude
04-10-2003, 05:28 PM
Having been too busy lately, I could not reply earlier ! :-( Anyway, I found the problem. Nothing was changed in my LAN setup, except that I recheck the bindings from TCP to File and printer sharing again ( It was unchecked since I used Dial-up before for a bit security :-), now I have DSL with NAT setup inside the router ). Yep, NetBEUI is no longer needed and removed. All my 30 comp. with mixed Windows can see one another FINE and my P2P simple LAN is working well. :-)
Have fun in networking :-)