Windows - FastManage Configuration Utilities
July 1998
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3.10 NetBeui Browsing and Sharing Abilities
When a client machine comes up on the network, it usually comes up in a
pre-conÞgured workgroup. The default workgroup for all NetBIOS
machines (including the Kodak NIC) is named Workgroup. When users
look for devices on the network, they normally see only those devices in
their workgroup. Windows 95 allows a user to browse multiple
workgroups, to choose a speciÞc workgroup, and then to view the devices
inside that workgroup. There must be at least one PC workstation in each
workgroup to store a list of all the other devices in that workgroup. That
PC is the
BrowseMaster
. The BrowseMaster is checked by the NetBIOS
clients without any user intervention.
The NIC cannot act as a
BrowseMaster
. For example, a NetBIOS
workstation is on a workgroup (for example, ÒMyCompanyÓ) and the
printer/NIC is installed on the network. The NIC will come up and
advertise itself in the default workgroup called
workgroup
. A user who
browses the network (using Net View or Network Neighborhood
applications) will not see the printer/NIC or even see a workgroup called
workgroup, because there is not at least one workstation in the
workgroup
with the printer/NIC.
To solve this problem:
1. Connect to the printer/NIC.
2. Store a new NetBIOS workgroup name using either FastManage
package,
nbmon.exe
, or any other conÞguration tool.
3. Once connected to the printer/NIC, go to the
Network Protocol
section, then to
Microsoft SMB
.
4. Change the property called
NetBIOS Workgroup
.
5. Change the workgroup name to the same as in the workgroup (that is,
MyCompany
).
Users should now be able to browse the printer/NIC just as they would
any normal NetBIOS client.
As an alternative:
1. Use the
net use
or
net view
command without having the printer/NIC
in the same workgroup as the workstation.
2. Fill in the proper NetBIOS name of the printer/NIC.
