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How can i see my networked computers on server 2008 domain??
i have a server 2008 domain. i cannot see any of the computers on my domain through the network sharing center. i have started the computer browser service on the server.
i have multiple segments i.e. 192.168.2.x, 192.168.3.x, etc
how can i get to where i can see all my computers?
i have multiple segments i.e. 192.168.2.x, 192.168.3.x, etc
how can i get to where i can see all my computers?
ASKER
DNS is fine. i can see everything through DNS
Can you acess the machines via
Start run
\\servername
or
\\IP-address
Start run
\\servername
or
\\IP-address
ASKER
yes i can access them both ways. it is just when i go to "my network places" on xp or "the netweork sharing center" on windows 7, and then i try to browse the network from there is when i cannot see everything
Check the Local and Server Event logs for errors first to try to see what piece is missing.
Did this ever work ?
What has changed ?
Did this ever work ?
What has changed ?
ASKER
ok i get a 8027 event ID stating that "The browser running on the Domain Controller has lost an election" and names a NAS we have as the master browser. how do i change this so that my PDC is the master browser?
ASKER
should these services be enabled on the network computers that are not the PDC?
SSDP discovery
File Replication Resource
computer browser
SSDP discovery
File Replication Resource
computer browser
I think so.
You said that the issue is with your NAS being the Master browser - Client machines should not be causing this.
You said that the issue is with your NAS being the Master browser - Client machines should not be causing this.
ASKER
i was just making sure. yes it is the NAS but i just looked at it and i do not see anything in it that would make it the master browser. it is on the domain though. is there anything i can do on the PDC to make it the master browser?
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Turn off Windows firewall in both server and clients, check.
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the NAS we have is a seagate NAS so i cannot go and change the registry key.
Something is connected to the NAS that is making the system to become the deafult browser but with multiple subnets you need to install WINS.
See the 2 comments I posted. You can try using the
nbstat and browstat commands
nbstat and browstat commands
ASKER
it was the NAS and the company we bought it from confirmed that it does take away the master browser role
Can you see all the machines there ?
I hope this helps !