From: Randall Parker 

Geo,

On the old NT Box I had him right click on the C: icon and had him create a share
with the C: drive given a share name of X. But on that same box if I have him check
his own IP address that share does not show up:

 > net view \\207.105.135.9

NET VIEW Responds:
There are no entries in the list


I then had him type his logical machine instead:

 > net view \\HisOldMachineNameHere

and then it showed the X share on the list.

Here's the twist: On my own NT box doing net view on its IP address shows its shares.
But on his machine it only shows its shares if the logical machine name is used in
the net view command. So is this a sign that the sharing is not being done by IP?

If so, where would I go to fix that?

If, not, what is happening?

Over on the NEW machine I had him type again the OLD machine name:

 > net view \\HisOldMachineNameHere
System Error 5 has occurred. Access is denied.


So then why doesn't it prompt me for a password to log on to the other machine to get
its shares?


Geo. wrote:

>
> Yes I think they use the same methods to get the browse list but Rich would
> probably know more about the internals than I would. Sometimes opening
network
> neighborhood can cause a refresh of the browse list and if you then run net
> view a minute later you get the updated list.
>
> Also you can type
>
> net view \\machine
>
> and it will show you the list of shares, then you can
>
> net use * \\machine\share
>
> to attach to a drive share.
>
> Geo. (net use ?  or net view ? gets you the list of options)
>
>

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