Topic: not always acces SME from windowsclient

[input]

Hello,

Beside my SME server I have two Windowsclients that must have acces to the SME server. But sometimes I can see the icon from the SME server in the Windowsclient and  sometimes I do not have acces to the SME from the Windowsclients. So most times I have to reboot the Windowsclients or the SME server.
My question is, is there a way to refresh the network on the Windowsclients or SME to see the SME icon in the Windowsclients.

Thanks

[Stefano]

clients are joined to a windows domain or both clients and server are in the same workgroup?

ijn any case, it seems to me like a windows issue (doh, strange enough)

[input]

clients are joined to a windows domain or both clients and server are in the same workgroup?

ijn any case, it seems to me like a windows issue (doh, strange enough)

Thanks for the reply.

Yes the Windowsclient are in the homegroup. I reboot the Windowsclients and now I can see on client Windows 7 the SME icon but on the other Windowsclient with Windows 8.1 I see nothing.
Both Windows are recently installed.

[Stefano]

is SME in the same workgroup?

is SME the DNS server for clients?

[input]

is SME in the same workgroup?

is SME the DNS server for clients?

I looked with MC in Windowsnetwork and SME is a seperate workgroup, but normal you can see SME in the homegroup.
And I found out how to refresh the network browser with right click mouse.
SME is not the DNS server for clients, my clients are directly connected with the router which has internet connection.
Yesterday everething works fine till today.

[janet]

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Could this be a browsemaster issue ?
Configure sme server to have a higher number & configure the workstations with a lower number or even disable browsemaster (default usually set to Auto on windows workstations).
Search these forums on browsemaster & go back a few years
There is a registry entry to change in Windows clients

[Stefano]

well, your lan coud be configured in a better way.. at least, I'd put SME in the same workgroup..

anyway, it's up to you

[input]

input
Could this be a browsemaster issue ?
Configure sme server to have a higher number & configure the workstations with a lower number or even disable browsemaster (default usually set to Auto on windows workstations).
Search these forums on browsemaster & go back a few years
There is a registry entry to change in Windows clients

Thanks for the reply.

I will look into it.

Thanks

[input]

I have still trouble with showing my SME icon in the masterbrowser on the Windowsclients.
I use two Windowsclients one Win 7 the other Win 8.1.

I follow the post network neighbourhood refresh hanging in this forum.

And it makes no differents for me.

Any more ideas ?

Thanks

[Stefano]

did you put all clients and SME in the same workgroup?

[input]

did you put all clients and SME in the same workgroup?

Yes I did.

[Stefano]

I'd suggest you to search on the windows' side of the issue.. good luck

[janet]

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You say you looked into the browsemaster issue but what did you actually do about it ?
What settings did you change on sme server & on all your Windows workstations ?

Do you have any other Windows servers on the network ?

[input]

I follow the thread wat was mention earlyer. And on this moment I am using google to search for windows 8.1 masterbrowser.

[janet]

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I follow the thread wat was mention earlyer. And on this moment I am using google to search for windows 8.1 masterbrowser.

1) Which thread was that & what did you actually do when you followed it ? Be specific. People are trying to help you here & if your answers are lacking in detail then we are wasting our time.
This is significant so please do not brush this aside & consider it irrelevant.

2) The correct name is browsemaster.
In a windows network one server acts as the browsemaster. Workstations are commonly configured to Auto setting, so that they can act as the Browsemaster server in the event the main browsemaster server is "missing" or down.
SME server should be the only browsemaster server on your network, when windows workstations still have the browsemaster setting active ie set to Auto or set to a higher level (or number) than SME server, then they can conflict with SME server browsemaster functions. The first browsemaster server to turn on will act as the browsemaster server for the network, & that server may not be aware of all other servers & workstations etc, so therefore you will not see some servers when browsing.

If you whole network is not configured correctly, then for sure you will have browsemaster issues.

3) What mode is your sme server in, server only or gateway & server ?
This does affect the default browsemaster setting in sme server.

4) Please answer my earlier questions
What settings did you change on sme server & on all your Windows workstations (re browsemaster) ?
Do you have any other Windows servers on the network ?

5) Click the search link at top of these forums & enter browsemaster as the search term