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Yup: You fell into what I call "The NetBIOS name trap." What happens is that a
NetBIOS computer name can take the form COMPUTER_NAME while the host (DNS) name
becomes COMPUTER-NAME or computer-name.
Note well that the underscore _ is changed to a hyphen -
which means the short answer is to avoid both of these characters.
...Don't worry, we've all made this error before!
Cheers!
Dan
PS: Don't waste your time in 95/98/Me: Stick with the NT-based products like
NT4 & Win2k. After writing this note and postscript I realized (through your
"slang") that you indeed DID add an NT-based machine to your LAN... And it
behaved *exactly* as it should: It became the Master Browser via the Computer
Browser service.
My suggestion: Please frame your question a little better for future posts to
avoid confusion. Garbage In, Garbage Out!
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mandrake [mailto:mandrake@telemax1.telemax.COM]
>Subject: [WinMac] Mac-based, M$ client solution choice
>
>
>Installed Dave.
>
>It could not be seen from any 98 box until we added a M$WhyTooKay
>to the workgroup, then presto, all was well. Take away the Y2K,
>Dave vanishes on all Network Neighborhoods. The other 98 boxi
>still see each other.
>
>But browse or not, the 98's could still mount the Dave filesystem.
>Find also showed Dave as there.
>
>If you have a Y2K, it becomes the BrowseMaster but that does not
>explain this...why should a Y2K Browsemaster notice Dave but not
>98's???
>
>Thursby & I fiddled with things, one of which was renaming the
>Dave'd G4 server to a NAMEWITHNOSPACEINIT. Something solved it,
>because it was then visible.
>
>Now there's a file permissions issue on the Dave folder,
>but I'll figure that out.
>
>Next adventure: Retrospect!
>
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