Kodak 3H0610, Kodak 10/100 Network Interface Card manual NetBeui Browsing and Sharing Abilities

Windows - FastManage Configuration Utilities

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.

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