Re: [cobalt-users] Qube 2 not visible in Network Neighborhood to some users

[Malcolm McLeary <mmcleary@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Steven,

on 30/11/00 11:59 AM, Steven Bohne at sbohne@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Some users with exact same version of Windows 95/98 and same settings for
> connection properties can see a LAN Qube 2 while others can not.  I already
> also did the regedit thing and set EnablePlainTextPassword = 1 for all
> users.  Any other things to check to get all users seeing the same device
> through Network Neighborhood ???  Any help is greatly appreciated !

A couple of things to think about ...

1.  SMB on the Qube is only supported over TCP/IP not NETBEUI.

Make sure all your Windows machines are configured to use TCP/IP for File
and Print services.  I usually blow NETBEUI away completely and standardise
on TCP/IP.  Its only Windows ... don't confuse it with too many protocols.

2.  Windows Master Browser ... it takes time to refresh.

It is possible that if some of the PCs are running NETBEUI they will elect a
Master Browser with that protocol and essentially ignor all TCP/IP hosts.
This is particularly an "issue" with later versions of Win9x.  It is
important to note that the Windows Browser process is not dynamic ... it can
take up to 40 minutes for a correctly configured system to actually list all
the hosts in a network.  If the Master Browser is shutdown, the remaining
Windows machines will go through an election process to decide who will be
the Master Browser (and the list rebuild cycle starts again) ... hence the
Master Browser should be a machine which is never shut down ... it needs to
be a "server".

Cobalt have configured Samba on the Qube2 so that it will "fit" into an NT
Server environment without disruption hence it is configured to lose all
Browser Elections.  IMHO the target market for a Qube is a peer to peer LAN
which wants to install a "server" but don't want NT Server.  Hence the Qube
should be set to win Browser Elections.

I'd suggest you configure you Qube to be the Master Browser and stop the PCs
electing one between themselves.  To do this you will need to edit
/etc/smb.conf.  In the [global] section change os level = 33.

BTW the Qube2 supports encrypted passwords so the regedit patch for
plaintext passwords is not required (it was required on the original
Qube2700WG).

Cheers,  Malcolm

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