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Server 2012 Network Not Showing All Devices

I am evaluating Windows Server 2012 Essentials. I have a variety of computers on my subnet, but not all of them are showing up under the NETWORK section of Explorer on the server. Several Windows 7 computers are showing up, but my Windows XP…
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What are the consequences of giving an AD domain differing NetBIOS and DNS names?

In the past, when creating AD domains, I've used the common convention of using a sub-domain of the company's publicly registered domain name, e.g "corp.mycompany.com" or "int.mycompany.com". I've always accepted the default NetBIOS name when…
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Samba server NETBIOS name not resolving, WINS support not working

When I try to connect to my CentOS 6.2 x86_64 server's samba shares using address \\REPO (NETBIOS name of REPO), it times out and shows an error; if I do so directly via IP, it works fine. Furthermore, my server does not work correctly as a WINS…
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Disabling Netbios over TCP/IP via DHCP does not work

I'm working towards disabling Netbios over TCP/IP for my organization. I've created a reservation for my MAC address. I can see that the reservation becomes active when I renew my IP address. I set option 001 under the Microsoft Options vendor class…
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Removing unknown domain from 'Entire Network\Microsoft Windows Networks'

I've just started work as a network technician at a large company, yesterday I brought my home laptop in and plugged in on the LAN to get to my mail. Today I can see my 'home' domain under 'Entire Network\Microsoft Windows Networks', it shows my…
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Unable to connect to second name of Windows 2008 Server R2 machine from XP

I used the command netdom computername /add:newname.domainname.com to add a second name to a server running Windows 2008 Server R2. After restarting the server, I had DNS "A" entries for both names. In addition, the second name was added to…
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NetBIOS names over VPN

I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 box hosting a VPN to grant remote access to a home network. The network does not and will not have a domain. (I need FUS on XP machines) The VPN works fine, except that I cannot access any other machines by name over…
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nmbd "Packet send failed" error

I'm desperately trying to get folder sharing over SMB working on my local network. I'm running up-to-date arch linux and connecting over wifi using wicd. I have latest samba installed (4.10.4). While it does work occasionally, it consistently breaks…
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Enabling Network Discovery via GPO does not work when Windows Firewall turned on

Environment: Windows domain I'm trying to turn on network discovery for 100+ computers and I've created a computer-targeted GPO following instructions from this article: https://www.technig.com/enable-network-discovery-via-group-policy/ I create a…
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DFS Namespaces DNS and NetBIOS Name Resolution

I have a Windows Domain which hosts a number of DFS Namespaces in an environment which has DNS servers only (the clients are Windows 7+ and NetBIOS is not disabled on them). Example Domain: andshrew.com DFS Namespace: andshrew.com\Files I have an…
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Windows Server 2016 shares not accessible

After rebooting Windows Server 2016 Essentials, all shares are in-accessible. When accessing the server locally using eg \\myserv I get a list of all shares, but when trying to enter one "The network path could not be found: 0x80070035". I tried…
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NetBIOS Name Service requests not being sent or answered

I have serious inconsistency on my systems of whether NetBIOS name service requests are working on endpoints. I'm testing with Win7 and Server 2008R2 systems. We do not have a WINS server and don't want to have one, but I'm most interested in the…
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Will you allow NetBIOS into your DMZ?

Is it secure for a firewall to allow NetBIOS connections from the internal network to the DMZ? If not secure, what are the risks? If secure, what is the FUD about and what are the counterarguments?
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The right vpn to replace heavy ssh usage

We are a small development firm looking to access the following services remotely: http smb network shares rdc / vnc Currently we do this with a lot of ssh tunnels. We are looking into switching to a vpn solution, which hopefully should have less…
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Scan to folder across subnets/VLAN's no longer works

We have a Sharp copier scanner set up on address 172.20.20.200 and a Windows 2008 file server with network shares IP - 172.20.10.82. Up until a week ago we could scan from the copier directly to a folder on the Windows server, no trouble. It has…
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