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Dial-Up Server: Can't See Network
When I dial into my Windows 95 machine at work using
the Dial-Up Server, the other systems and resources in
the workgroup do not show up in the Network Neighborhood.This really is a feature, not a bug. By
default, Windows 95 does not enable the Browse Master for
"slow" network links. The thinking here is that
you don't want the extra communications overhead when you
are shoving bits back and forth over a telephone line.
There are two alternatives for dealing with this:
Alternative #1: Enter the name of the
shared resource directly. Suppose you have a machine in
the workgroup named Suzy with a shared folder
named foobar. You can choose "Map Network
Drive" from Explorer's Tools menu and enter the
path, \\suzy\foobar, directly. Of
course, this method doesn't work too well if you don't
remember the name of the resource you are trying to use.
Alternative #2: Enable the Browse Master
on the host system. This is what most folks do.
* Run Control Panel. Launch the Network applet.
* Highlight (click on) File and printer sharing for
Microsoft Networks.
Click the Properties button.
* In the resulting dialog, change the value for Browse
Master from
"Automatic" to
"Enabled."
Reference: Windows 95 Secrets, 3rd
Edition, by Livingston and Straub, IDG Books,
ISBN 1-56884-453-0, page 734. Also see the Microsoft
Windows 95 Resource Kit, Microsoft Press
(1-800-MSPRESS).
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