From: Vijay Venkatesh (vijay.venkatesh@xxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Apr 18 2001 - 17:01:18 GMT-3
Old issue -
see the archives -
Solution: Use WINS
ip helpers are for DHCP only. read up on the standards doc.
Regards,
Vijay.
"Ken Yeo" <kenyeo@on-linecorp.com> wrote:
> Question:
>
> 4 subnets seperated by Cisco routers. Running Netware 5.1 servers in all
> location. No NT servers. All windows 95 workstations in all branches are
setup
> with the same workgroup name, WORKGROUP. All workstations use the same WINS
> server. Netbios name resolution to IP is fine.
>
> How need to be done so that if I open network neighborhood, I can see all
> Windows 95 workstations in all locations?
>
> Here is my understanding:
>
> Browser election will occur in each subnet and one of the Windows 95
> workstations will become master browser for the WORKGROUP on the local
> subnet.
>
> Since browser elections are broadcast, the are blocked by router and thus
each
> master browser does not know about other master browsers in all other
subnets.
> So we can only see local workstations in network neighborhood.
>
> So I tried these:
>
> Enable ip helpder-address 172.16.1.255 (LAN masks are 24-bit)in all LAN
> interfaces and point to each other. I hope that ip helper-address will
forward
> netbios broadcast to all subnets and trick the workstations there is only
one
> network. So only one master browser instead of four master browsers were
> elected. But it does not work and workstations from another subnets will
not
> showing in network neighborhood.
>
> I have not tried browstat.exe yet..
>
> What do you think? Please advice,
> Ken
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