Certain Workstations cannot browse one domain

[magicka]

I run a five site NT 4.0 Network - Multiple Master domain with 6 Servers. Certain Workstations in one domain all of a sudden cannot browse mapped drives in a domain they have always been able to browse in the past.

The only changes that have been made to the network is the addition of an LMHOSTS file on each server identifying Netbios Names. I added these primarily to try to give access accross domains to a dial up client.

However users of workstations with this problem state that the problem did not occur until a few days ago whereas I added the LMHOSTS file on 19 December 2002.

I have removed these LMHOSTS files from the servers and run nbtstat -R which I think will clear the Remote Cache Name Table.

The problem still exists however. Does anyone think my adding LMHOSTS files could have caused this problem? The domain which is not allowing certain workstations to browse requires a manual route added at Servers in the other domain.

CG

 

[fitfixer]

I had this happen to me last year when both the PDC and the BDC when down the same day
After restoring both, our W2K workstations would not recognise the rebuilt SAM on the server and could not browse the network, The fix was simple,
Go to one of the affected workstations and tell it to join a workgroup, this will take it out of the domain,
if it asks you to reboot, answer no
then go right back and tell it to join the domain again, this time allow it to reboot, this works for both W2000 and NT4

 

[magicka]

Yo Fitfixer - Nice idea - tried it but no change. Ive had a similar problem that you described before with PDC's going down and then once up again cannot browse one way. This I usually cure by browsing from the other domain.

Still stuck - gonna keep trying!

CG