Why do laptops not appear in Entire Network

[coupleojars]

Good afternoon all,
I've got a network with approx 80 servers ( NT4 & W2K - NOT active directory ) and 600 users. All PC's obtain their IP addresses from DHCP and logon to the Domain quite happily. However, we update all our clients remotely via network neighbourhood and I noticed that none of our laptop users ( approx 130 ) are appearing under the Domain. They are definitely there, they login to the domain and you can map a drive to them etc. but they do not appear in the list. Has anyone any idea what I can do to add them ? or what changes need to be made to the laptops ? are they not "announcing their prescence" etc ?
Any contributions will be appreciated.

 

[markdmac]

On the WINS tab be sure to set them to Use NETBIOS over TCP/IP.

I hope you find this post helpful. Please let me know if it was.

Regards,

Mark

 

[NetIntruder]

If you run a separate image on laptops vs. workstations, you may want to assure that the laptops are broadcasting names to populate Network Neighborhood.

Command Prompt on the laptop, type: "Net Config Server" and look at the output to see if it's hidden. If it is, type "Net config server /hidden:no" and they will begin to populate.

Definitely check Marc's thought first though!


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[Mickeyncube]

Hi Guys

When I did a net config server it told me that I had 10 users logged onto my workstation. Doesn't make sense
What is the purpose of this command?

 

[NetIntruder]

You're looking at "maximum logged on users". Look up one line "Server HIdden" and see if it says Yes or No.



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