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I added the address of the WINS Server (at least, the system that has WINS Server software on it), restarted the NetServer, and voila! It showed up in my Network Neighborhood.  Thanks for the help.

Strange thing, though: it would show up in NN before, but briefly (like for a few minutes).  Wonder what that's all about?

And I had tried adding NetBEUI, but it didn't make any difference so I just removed again.  I'm back to having TCP/IP as the only network protocol.

Tom Hightower
Solutions, Inc
http://www.simas.com
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If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed... oh, wait - he does.



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Tom,
Your best means of configuring this is through Operations Navigator. You'll find Netserver configuration in:
 
Network -> Servers -> TCP/IP -> AS/400 Netserver
 
Right click and select Properties. From there, you have full access to configurable items, such as the WINS server. If your network uses WINS, just name it here, and the AS400 will register itself with the WINS server.
 
Now, the part about TCP/IP being the only protocol on the PC sound funny to me. I am probably wrong about this, but *I* always though that Microsoft required IPX or NetBEUI for network neighborhood. If my recollection is not valid, someone please let me know. (I have a home network that would be MUCH easier to manage without IPX.)
 
hth,

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company

MIS-Sr. Programmer/Analyst

940-898-7863 or ext. 1863

 

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To:
midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject:
Client Access Express, Win98SE, Network Neighborhood


I have CAE V4R5M0, Service Pack 65435, Win98SE, OS/400 V4R5.  Client for Microsoft Networks is installed on my PC, as is TCP/IP protocol (no other protocols are installed). For the life of me, I cannot get the AS400 to display in Network Neighborhood.  I can ping it by IP address and by name.  I can map drives to the shared resources.  I can find the computer using the 'Start->Find->Computer' display.  I've verified (via CFGTCP) that the 400 is on the same subnet as my PC (192.168.30.x, s/n 255.255.255.0), and is in the same workgroup (simas).


I have read the books relating to Client Access and Netserver.  Here's a passage from one of them:


2. Verify the AS/400 NetServer name and domain.

The AS/400 NetServer server name is a Netbios name that the system

administrator assigns to the AS/400 system. Once you have a AS/400

NetServer server name assigned, it will appear on the PC through

Microsoft Explorer. Make sure that the AS/400 NetServer server name is

unique on the network and that the AS/400 NetServer is in the same

domain (workgroup) as the majority of the clients that want access to the

AS/400 file and print services. You must have *IOSYSCFG authority to

change any part of the AS/400 NetServer configuration. To change the

AS/400 NetServer default server and domain name, type the following at

the AS/400 command prompt:

CALL QZLSCHSN PARM(server-name domain-name 'text description or comment' X'00000000')

Once the name has been changed, it should be added to the Domain

Name Service or Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) if you use either

of these. Refer to the Microsoft Windows NT Server Administration Guide

for details.


Since I can ping the AS400 by name (QIDOCKET), I assume that the previous administrator did the 'CALL...' line.  However, I can't be sure that he added the system name to the DNS, or to the WINS.  I don't have a WinNT Server Admin Guide.


My questions are:

What is the default server and domain name?

How do I verify the AS/400 NetServer name and domain?

How do I add the name to DNS on Windows NT?

How do I add the name to WINS on Windows NT?



Tom Hightower
Solutions, Inc
http://www.simas.com
------------
If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed... oh, wait - he does.



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