Does TCPIP does'nt bother the workgroup.

[JSiva]

Hi all,

My Windows 2000 was a member of a workgroup "WORKGROUP" where there are other Windows 98 machines are there.

All the machines are running only TCPIP and is on the same subnet since all the machines are in the same workgroup.

Now I rearranged my workgroup computers and made two workgroups. One is the same "WORKGROUP" and other as "MYGROUP".

But didnt do anything on the TCPIP side and still all the computers are in the same subnet.

Even now all the computers across the workgroups are able to see and access the files irrespective of their workgroups. Is it because of the TCPIP?

If I change the IP address then they are not able to access the computer on the other workgroup. But if it is on the same subnet but on the other workgroup, still access is available.

Does TCPIP never bothers workgroups and only NetBEUI bothers?

JSiva
jsnair@lycos.com

 

[imatthec]

Windows can and will see multiple workgroups. I'm glad you've done a good enough job in setting up your network so that it works the way it should. Even if you were using NetBEUI you'd be able to see all workgroups on the same subnet.

When you read in here recommendations to "make sure both machines are in the same workgroup", this only makes troubleshooting a simple network easier. In the "early" days of my work I remember setting up workgroups to manage users for the same purposes OU's are used for today.

 

[JSiva]

So you mean to say that there is no way other than Domain setup to restrict the access ?

Actually I dont want the communication between the workgroups. Is there any workaround in the workgroup setup itself.

JSiva jsnair@lycos.com

 

[imatthec]

In Win98 you can put passwords on your shares so only those that have it can access the information.

 

[MarkSatBlue]

No - especially as you have win98 machines in the mix (you could restrict access to shares set up on the win2k machine).

Since you have already shown that the workgroups can be separated by using a different subnet and you don't need or want the two to communicate, just separate them this way - they will coexist in blissful ignorance of each other ont he same physical network.