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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