Re: A little off topic - Microsoft Networking Problem
Yep - I've had this. The way to fix it is to create a C:\WINDOWS\NETWORKS file that is exactly like the /etc/networks file on linux systems. I think that what is happening is that the windows clients are trying to broadcast to the whole world rather than just to the local network. Certainly keeping an uptodate c:\WINDOWS\NETWORKS and c:\WINDOWS\HOSTS file will help, though I suspect that with 100+ clients you must be using a DNS server rather than host files. HTH, Matthew On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 11:59:32AM +1000, Ian Perry wrote: I know this is a little off topic but... I have a network of 100+ operating Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, Netware Server, Linux (here I have to add that the machines running linux and netware have been up continuously for over 11 months and never missed a beat unlike the others mentioned) On the windows machines, they are taking forever to pull up Network Neighbourhood. It began happenning a few months back without explanation and has been happenning randomly ever since (we had not changed the network, nor brought any new machines online). We have no problems with IPX, or TCP/IP on any of the machines. I was just wonderring if anyone has had a problem similar and was there a quick solution to finding the problem rather than taking the 100+ network down and thoroughly testing it. Thanks Ian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Matthew Sackman Nottingham, ENGLAND Using Debian/GNU Linux Enjoying computing
Re: A little off topic - Microsoft Networking Problem
Ian == Ian Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ian On the windows machines, they are taking forever to pull up Ian Network Neighbourhood. It began happenning a few months back Ian without explanation and has been happenning randomly ever since Ian (we had not changed the network, nor brought any new machines Ian online). We have no problems with IPX, or TCP/IP on any of the Ian machines. You should activate a WINS server on one of your machines. (Samba has the documentation in the file BROWSING.txt, for NT/2000: look for the right check box.) You should set up the Windows machines not to use network broadcasts: - Disable NETBEUI - Set the Netbios node type (see DHCP.txt in the samba distribution). This should improve your network performance significantly. -- G. ``Iggy'' Geens - ICQ: #64109250 Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://users.pandora.be/guy.geens/ ``I was thinking about how everyone was dying and maybe it's time to live.'' - Eels
A little off topic - Microsoft Networking Problem
I know this is a little off topic but... I have a network of 100+ operating Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, Netware Server, Linux (here I have to add that the machines running linux and netware have been up continuously for over 11 months and never missed a beat unlike the others mentioned) On the windows machines, they are taking forever to pull up Network Neighbourhood. It began happenning a few months back without explanation and has been happenning randomly ever since (we had not changed the network, nor brought any new machines online). We have no problems with IPX, or TCP/IP on any of the machines. I was just wonderring if anyone has had a problem similar and was there a quick solution to finding the problem rather than taking the 100+ network down and thoroughly testing it. Thanks Ian
Re: A little off topic - Microsoft Networking Problem
On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Ian Perry wrote: IP I know this is a little off topic but... IP IP I have a network of 100+ operating Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, Netware Server, IP Linux (here I have to add that the machines running linux and netware have IP been up continuously for over 11 months and never missed a beat unlike the IP others mentioned) IP IP On the windows machines, they are taking forever to pull up Network IP Neighbourhood. It began happenning a few months back without explanation IP and has been happenning randomly ever since (we had not changed the network, IP nor brought any new machines online). We have no problems with IPX, or IP TCP/IP on any of the machines. IP IP I was just wonderring if anyone has had a problem similar and was there a IP quick solution to finding the problem rather than taking the 100+ network IP down and thoroughly testing it. I had the same problem with my machines, what i think was happening, that the windows machines were fightning who is going to be the domain master, i fixed that with turning it off on all the windows machines in network properties and then set this in /etc/samba/smb.conf: domain master = yes local master = yes preferred master = yes also i set 'os level = 255', from what i heard, no windows [any version] has higher priority on smb so the samba easily beat all of them. Since then the local network is like a flash, the only 'disadvantage' is that the linux machine has to be up if any of the windows machines need to use the smb, as it is the domain master and all the other machines are prevented from becoming one even when the linux samba machine is down. HTH Dingo. ).|.( '.'___'.' ' '(~)' ' -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-ooO-=(_)=-Ooo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Petr [Dingo] Dvorak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coder - Purple Dragon MUD pdragon.org port -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-[ 369D93 ]=-=- Debian version 2.2.18pre21, up 4 days, 13 users, load average: 1.01 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
RE: A little off topic - Microsoft Networking Problem
Petr, Many Thanks. Problem solved. Actually the Linux machines do not have samba installed, they are simply mail, web, squid etc. I know that none of the Windows machines have Browse Master enabled. At least they weren't when we set them up (unless the mysterious Mr Nobody and his fiddling fingers have been at it again.) Enabling Browse Master on one machine fixed the problem, and it works much faster than it ever did !! Strange that the problem has only shown up now. Probably because the network has grown so large. Regards, and thanks again. Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Petr [Dingo] Dvorak Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 12:22 PM To: Debian-User Subject: Re: A little off topic - Microsoft Networking Problem On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Ian Perry wrote: IP I know this is a little off topic but... IP IP I have a network of 100+ operating Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, Netware Server, IP Linux (here I have to add that the machines running linux and netware have IP been up continuously for over 11 months and never missed a beat unlike the IP others mentioned) IP IP On the windows machines, they are taking forever to pull up Network IP Neighbourhood. It began happenning a few months back without explanation IP and has been happenning randomly ever since (we had not changed the network, IP nor brought any new machines online). We have no problems with IPX, or IP TCP/IP on any of the machines. IP IP I was just wonderring if anyone has had a problem similar and was there a IP quick solution to finding the problem rather than taking the 100+ network IP down and thoroughly testing it. I had the same problem with my machines, what i think was happening, that the windows machines were fightning who is going to be the domain master, i fixed that with turning it off on all the windows machines in network properties and then set this in /etc/samba/smb.conf: domain master = yes local master = yes preferred master = yes also i set 'os level = 255', from what i heard, no windows [any version] has higher priority on smb so the samba easily beat all of them. Since then the local network is like a flash, the only 'disadvantage' is that the linux machine has to be up if any of the windows machines need to use the smb, as it is the domain master and all the other machines are prevented from becoming one even when the linux samba machine is down. HTH Dingo. ).|.( '.'___'.' ' '(~)' ' -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-ooO-=(_)=-Ooo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Petr [Dingo] Dvorak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coder - Purple Dragon MUD pdragon.org port -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-[ 369D93 ]=-=- Debian version 2.2.18pre21, up 4 days, 13 users, load average: 1.01 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
