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Date:	Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:24:21 PST8
From:	Steve Schiffman <schiffman@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: NetBEUI File Sharing Problem

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Harry,

Your network and protocols are working properly. To have the Win98
computer participate in peer sharing, it needs to be connected to the
same network segment (or a bridged segment) as the other computers. You
have created a separate network segment between the Win98 and OS/2
computers that is separate than the network segment you have for the
router, 2 WinXP systems and OS/2. The IP protocol can be routed via the
IP Forwarding that you configured. NETBIOS/NetBeui is a non-routable
protocol. All systems that you want to have communicate with each other
need to be on the same network segment.

You have two solutions: 1) Cable the Win98 computer directly to a LAN
port on the router (or any cascaded hub/switch that is connected to the
routers lan port) and eliminate the use of the second adapter on the
OS/2 computer or 2) Add TCPBeui protocol to all computer systems to have
NETBIOS routed via IP between systems.

Steve Schiffman

Harry Motin wrote:
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> I need some help with a NetBEUI file sharing problem on my computers. Any help on this will be appreciated! Here's my situation:
>
> I have 4 computers: an OS/2 machine, two XP machines and one 98 machine. The XP and OS/2 machines are all networked
> together as peers, using a hardware router. The router goes to the DSL Internet modem. The OS/2 machine uses adapter #1 on
> LAN0 to go to the router, the Internet and the other XP machines. The OS/2 machine also uses adapter #2 and LAN1 to go to the
> 98 machine. I use an Injoy firewall, which IP forwards information to/from the Internet and the 98 machine. The firewall IP forwards
> through adapters 1 and 2 on the OS/2 machine.
>
> Now, I can see and communicate with the Internet on all four machines. That's fine; no problems there. I can also file and print
> share (using NetBEUI) between the OS/2 and XP machines just fine. No problems there. However, I cannot file and print share to
> or from the 98 machine. I cannot see the 98 machine for file and print sharing and the 98 machine cannot see the other machines.
> For example, I get error SYS0053: "The network path was not found", when I use the "net view" command on the OS/2 machine to
> try and see the already defined shares on the 98 machine.
>
> I have TCPIP and NetBEUI bound to all the adapters on all the machines. I believe that I have the same parameters for NetBEUI
> on adapters 1 and 2 in my IBMLAN.INI file.
>
> Any one have any ideas? Are there any diagnostic tools for NetBEUI, like there are for TCPIP? Thanks for your help!

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