> Hi
> Our company has a windows 2003 server.
> All the workstations except one can see the server in "View Workgroup
> computers" on their windows xp workstations.
> The laptop however cannot see the server,however it can see all other
> pcs on the network.
> I can ping the ip address of the server from the
> workstation(laptop),and in turn can ping the laptop from the server.
> I take it that somewhere there is a problem with DNS or WINS,as there
> doesnt seem to be name resolution.
> Is the problem on the server or the workstation and what must i do to
> correct this problem?
>
> Thanks in advance

> In news:1158070669.540684.143030@d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com,
> r***@greenoffice.co.za <r***@greenoffice.co.za> typed:
> > Hi
> > Our company has a windows 2003 server.
> > All the workstations except one can see the server in "View Workgroup
> > computers" on their windows xp workstations.
> > The laptop however cannot see the server,however it can see all other
> > pcs on the network.
> > I can ping the ip address of the server from the
> > workstation(laptop),and in turn can ping the laptop from the server.
> > I take it that somewhere there is a problem with DNS or WINS,as there
> > doesnt seem to be name resolution.
> > Is the problem on the server or the workstation and what must i do to
> > correct this problem?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
>
> Is NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled everywhere?
> Are all clients registering properly in WINS?
> Is the WINS server the master browser; do you see browser election errors in
> its event logs?
> You might consider stopping/disabling the computer browser service on all
> workstations.

> In news:1158070669.540684.143030@d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com,
> r***@greenoffice.co.za <r***@greenoffice.co.za> typed:
> > Hi
> > Our company has a windows 2003 server.
> > All the workstations except one can see the server in "View Workgroup
> > computers" on their windows xp workstations.
> > The laptop however cannot see the server,however it can see all other
> > pcs on the network.
> > I can ping the ip address of the server from the
> > workstation(laptop),and in turn can ping the laptop from the server.
> > I take it that somewhere there is a problem with DNS or WINS,as there
> > doesnt seem to be name resolution.
> > Is the problem on the server or the workstation and what must i do to
> > correct this problem?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
>
> Is NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled everywhere?
> Are all clients registering properly in WINS?
> Is the WINS server the master browser; do you see browser election errors in
> its event logs?
> You might consider stopping/disabling the computer browser service on all
> workstations.

> Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
>> In news:1158070669.540684.143030@d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com,
>> r***@greenoffice.co.za <r***@greenoffice.co.za> typed:
>>> Hi
>>> Our company has a windows 2003 server.
>>> All the workstations except one can see the server in "View
>>> Workgroup computers" on their windows xp workstations.
>>> The laptop however cannot see the server,however it can see all
>>> other pcs on the network.
>>> I can ping the ip address of the server from the
>>> workstation(laptop),and in turn can ping the laptop from the server.
>>> I take it that somewhere there is a problem with DNS or WINS,as
>>> there doesnt seem to be name resolution.
>>> Is the problem on the server or the workstation and what must i do
>>> to correct this problem?

>
> Thanks

> In news:1158132046.178393.210120@e63g2000cwd.googlegroups.com,
> r***@greenoffice.co.za <r***@greenoffice.co.za> typed:
> > Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
> >> In news:1158070669.540684.143030@d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com,
> >> r***@greenoffice.co.za <r***@greenoffice.co.za> typed:
> >>> Hi
> >>> Our company has a windows 2003 server.
> >>> All the workstations except one can see the server in "View
> >>> Workgroup computers" on their windows xp workstations.
> >>> The laptop however cannot see the server,however it can see all
> >>> other pcs on the network.
> >>> I can ping the ip address of the server from the
> >>> workstation(laptop),and in turn can ping the laptop from the server.
> >>> I take it that somewhere there is a problem with DNS or WINS,as
> >>> there doesnt seem to be name resolution.
> >>> Is the problem on the server or the workstation and what must i do
> >>> to correct this problem?
> W>>>
> >>> Thanks in advance
> >>
> >> Is NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled everywhere?
> >> Are all clients registering properly in WINS?
> >> Is the WINS server the master browser; do you see browser election
> >> errors in its event logs?
> >> You might consider stopping/disabling the computer browser service
> >> on all workstations.
> >
> > Hi
> > I looked on the 2003 server and i see that Netbios over Tcp/Ip is
> > disabled under DNS.Not sure why?
>
> Because you didn't enable it?
>
> > When i try a repair on the Net card on the w/station i get an error
> > saying cannot clear arp cache.
>
> Check your event logs.
>
> > Interestingly i managed to view the server momentarily under "view
> > workgroup computers",
>
> Are you not using AD? Why not? :)
>
> > but after a few seconds the server name just
> > disappeared.Weird.
> > It looks like theres a prob on the workstation?
>
> Maybe. Hard to say.
>
> > What commands can i run on the w/station to check what the heck is the
> > prob?
>
> You didn't answer my questions re WINS. Also, now that you've mentioned
> you're using a workgroup, you might provide more info about your network
> configuration. I erroneously assumed you were using a domain.
>
> >
> > Thanks

> Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
>> In news:1158132046.178393.210120@e63g2000cwd.googlegroups.com,
>> r***@greenoffice.co.za <r***@greenoffice.co.za> typed:
>>> Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
>>>> In news:1158070669.540684.143030@d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com,
>>>> r***@greenoffice.co.za <r***@greenoffice.co.za> typed:
>>>>> Hi
>>>>> Our company has a windows 2003 server.
>>>>> All the workstations except one can see the server in "View
>>>>> Workgroup computers" on their windows xp workstations.
>>>>> The laptop however cannot see the server,however it can see all
>>>>> other pcs on the network.
>>>>> I can ping the ip address of the server from the
>>>>> workstation(laptop),and in turn can ping the laptop from the
>>>>> server. I take it that somewhere there is a problem with DNS or
>>>>> WINS,as there doesnt seem to be name resolution.
>>>>> Is the problem on the server or the workstation and what must i do
>>>>> to correct this problem?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>
>>>> Is NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled everywhere?
>>>> Are all clients registering properly in WINS?
>>>> Is the WINS server the master browser; do you see browser election
>>>> errors in its event logs?
>>>> You might consider stopping/disabling the computer browser service
>>>> on all workstations.
>>>
>>> Hi
>>> I looked on the 2003 server and i see that Netbios over Tcp/Ip is
>>> disabled under DNS.Not sure why?
>>
>> Because you didn't enable it?
>>
>>> When i try a repair on the Net card on the w/station i get an error
>>> saying cannot clear arp cache.
>>
>> Check your event logs.
>>
>>> Interestingly i managed to view the server momentarily under "view
>>> workgroup computers",
>>
>> Are you not using AD? Why not? :)
>>
>>> but after a few seconds the server name just
>>> disappeared.Weird.
>>> It looks like theres a prob on the workstation?
>>
>> Maybe. Hard to say.
>>
>>> What commands can i run on the w/station to check what the heck is
>>> the prob?
>>
>> You didn't answer my questions re WINS. Also, now that you've
>> mentioned you're using a workgroup, you might provide more info
>> about your network configuration. I erroneously assumed you were
>> using a domain.
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>
> To your first question the guy who administered this network purposly
> didnt enable Netbios over Tcp/Ip...Dont know why.

>
> Thanks for trying to help me out...