{"id":1110,"date":"2021-09-23T15:12:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T15:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/?page_id=1110"},"modified":"2021-10-05T16:59:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T16:59:18","slug":"mmr-file-and-printer-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/mmr-file-and-printer-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"MMR File And Printer Sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although SoftRouter Plus will route the\u00a0NetBIOS<\/a><\/b>\u00a0services that allow you to share Files and Printers among Windows machines via TCP\/IP, the “browsing” function supplied by Network Neighborhood will not work across subnets in Windows 95 and 98.\u00a0 In plain English, this means that you won’t be able to see computers and printers on the Wireless subnet from the Ethernet subnet (and vice versa), for example.\u00a0 You\u00a0will<\/i>\u00a0be able to see all computers from the MMR computer, since all subnets are visible to it.<\/p>\n

Networks with multiple subnets need either a Windows NT machine running a\u00a0WINS<\/a><\/b>\u00a0service present on the network or properly configured\u00a0LMHOSTS<\/a><\/b>\u00a0files on each machine in the network.<\/p>\n

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What’s a LMHOSTS?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The LMHOSTS file is a plain text file that has no file extension, i.e. it’s named\u00a0“lmhosts”<\/b>, not\u00a0“lmhosts.txt”<\/b>.\u00a0 It is usually located in the\u00a0C:\\Windows<\/b>\u00a0folder, unless you installed Windows in another directory or drive.\u00a0 All Windows installations have a sample file called\u00a0LMHOSTS.SAM<\/b>.\u00a0 If you’re in doubt as to where to put the LMHOSTS file that we’re going to create, just search for LMHOSTS.SAM and put it in the same folder.\u00a0 I suggest you don’t just edit the LMHOSTS.SAM file, but create a new one as described below.<\/p>\n

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Creating your LMHOSTS file<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The LMHOSTS file must contain the IP address and name of each computer on each network subnet.\u00a0 It does not have to contain the IP address and name of the MMR computer, because the MMR can communicate directly with all subnets.<\/p>\n

Here’s our sample Mixed Media network again:<\/p>\n

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1)<\/b>\u00a0Open up Notepad or your favorite text editor.<\/p>\n

2)<\/b>\u00a0Type in the following, exactly as you see it, but substitute\u00a0your<\/i>\u00a0computer names and IP addresses.<\/p>\n

192.168.2.2 Air #PRE
\n192.168.1.2 Ether #PRE<\/span><\/p>\n

3)<\/b>\u00a0Save the file as LMHOSTS and close the editor.<\/p>\n

4)<\/b>\u00a0Check to be sure that the filename is LMHOSTS with\u00a0NO extension<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(.txt<\/b>\u00a0for example).\u00a0 Right click on the file and select\u00a0Properties<\/i><\/b>\u00a0to check.\u00a0 If you see an extension, you’ll have to rename the file to remove the extension.\u00a0 You may have to\u00a0unhide file extensions<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0show all hidden files<\/b>\u00a0in Folder Options (available in any Folder Window under the\u00a0View<\/i><\/b>\u00a0menu) as shown below in order to see the LMHOSTS file and\/or its extension.<\/p>\n

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5)<\/b>\u00a0Copy the file to the\u00a0C:\\Windows<\/b>\u00a0folder (or the folder where you found the LMHOSTS.SAM file) on\u00a0every machine<\/i><\/b>\u00a0except the MMR computer.<\/p>\n

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Very Important!\u00a0<\/b>If you change the name or IP address of any of your computers, you must change the LMHOSTS file on all the computers or you will not be able to find the computers.
\nThe same applies if you add computers to any of the subnetworks.
\nNo entry in LMHOSTS.\u00a0 No find the computer!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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6)<\/b>\u00a0Shut down all computers.<\/b>\u00a0Boot the MMR computer and wait until VIG starts routing.\u00a0 Now start up the other computers.<\/p>\n

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Find the Computers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

As described at the beginning of this section,\u00a0Network Neighborhood will not show computers located in other subnetworks<\/b>, even with the LMHOSTS file present.\u00a0 In order to access the computers or printers, you will need to use the Windows\u00a0Find Computer<\/b>\u00a0function, which is available from the Start button.<\/p>\n

Once you find the computer, you can either map a folder or drive as a Network drive or just put a shortcut on your desktop to access frequently used drives or folders.<\/p>\n

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Troubleshooting<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

If you can’t find a computer in another subnet, recheck the LMHOSTS file and make sure it has the correct computer names and IP addresses. Also be sure it doesn’t have a filename extension.<\/p>\n

2<\/span><\/b>)\u00a0<\/b><\/span>Open a DOS window and type<\/p>\n

nbtstat -c<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

You should see something similar to the following, which shows the output of this command when run on the computer named\u00a0AIR<\/b>.<\/p>\n

C:\\WINDOWS>nbtstat -c<\/span><\/p>\n

Node IpAddress: [192.168.2.2] Scope Id: []
\nNetBIOS Remote Cache Name Table<\/p>\n

Name Type Host Address Life [sec]
\n———————————
\nAIR <03> UNIQUE 192.168.2.2 -1
\nAIR <00> UNIQUE 192.168.2.2 -1
\nAIR <20> UNIQUE 192.168.2.2 -1
\nETHER <03> UNIQUE 192.168.1.2 -1
\nETHER <00> UNIQUE 192.168.1.2 -1
\nETHER <20> UNIQUE 192.168.1.2 -1<\/p>\n

C:\\WINDOWS><\/p>\n

You should see the correct computer names and correct IP addresses.\u00a0 If you don’t see the correct information, type<\/p>\n

nbtstat -R<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

in the MS-DOS Window. Make sure you type\u00a0R<\/b>\u00a0and not\u00a0r<\/b>\u00a0!\u00a0 You should see the following message:<\/p>\n

Successful purge and preload of the NBT Remote Cache Name Table.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Now type<\/p>\n

nbtstat -c<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

and check to see if the information is now correct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although SoftRouter Plus will route the\u00a0NetBIOS\u00a0services that allow you to share Files and Printers among Windows machines via TCP\/IP, the “browsing” function supplied by Network Neighborhood will not work across subnets in Windows 95 and 98.\u00a0 In plain English, this means that you won’t be able to see computers and printers on the Wireless subnet from the Ethernet subnet (and vice versa), for example.\u00a0 You\u00a0will\u00a0be able to see all computers from the MMR computer, since all subnets are visible to it. Networks with multiple subnets need either a Windows NT machine running a\u00a0WINS\u00a0service present on the network or properly configured\u00a0LMHOSTS\u00a0files <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}