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echo: lan
to: MIKE BILOW
from: LEE ARONER
date: 1997-12-14 11:14:00
subject: OS/2 Lantastic

MB> John Hentsch wrote in a message to Lee Aroner:
LA> Make sure that all machines are using the same Workgroup or
LA> Domain name, and that no two machines have the same host
LA> (Machine) name.
 JH> The machine names aren't the same but I haven't ran across a
 JH> workgroup setting. Is that a Microsoft term?
MB> In SMB/CIFS networking, a "workgroup" functions roughly like a domain.  
That
  > is, it is an administrative entity within which names are unique.  All of 
the
  > participating clients and servers are expected to agree on the workgroup 
name.
MB> Another common reason why DOS clients may not be able to see OS/2 servers 
is
  > because an OS/2 peer server is not browseable.  That is, if you type in 
the
  > explicit share name the DOS client will see it, but not if you rely on 
browsing
  > your network to find accessible resources.
   IBM actually has an add-on that allows Warp Server to act as a 
   Browse Master for Windows clients, but it only seems to work for 
   server shares.
   Seems like they should be able to extend this code to make peer 
   shares browsable as well...
                               LRA
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