Network Neighborhood browsing is slow

[lardum]

Hi,

Anyone have any ideas about browsing network neighborhood and why it is so slow? It takes me almost half a minute to browse the network neighborhood. All clients use WINS for name resolution.

Any ideas?

Regards

Lars

 

[Zelandakh]

How long does it take for NN to show comps on the WINS server?

 

[lardum]

Very fast and acceptable... Not even a second.

Thats the way it should be on all computers.

Regards

Lars

 

[Zelandakh]

In that case, the clients are probably not getting the WINS info.

On 9x run winipcfg
On NT run ipconfig/all

Are you certain that the WINS server is there and correct? How do they get the WINS server - locally or via DHCP?

 

[lardum]

Yes, the clients are getting the info. And the WINS server info comes from a DHCP server.

Regards

Lars

 

[Jpoandl]

If you have the NT resource kit there is a tool called Browse Monitor. Browse Monitor can be used to tell what computer is the MASTER BROWSER. You problems can be related to many things...including network traffic. Once, yo discover who the master browser of your segment is, see if that computer is being overutilized.

Also, try

http://www.swynk.com

for more trouble shooting information with regards to browsing.

 

[techieKid]

Hi,

I've setup WINS on my BDC.
However, I need to add "NetBeui" on my client machine in order to browse the domain.
I've tried specifying in my TCP/IP properties to include my WINS IP address but it still can't browse the network.

It gives me a direct "Cannot access the domain" error message.

Pls help.
Thanks in advance!

 

[Highland]

Check that the subnet mask is correct on your workstation.............