"Workgroup is not accessible...

[visitor]

...The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available"

Hey, all :)

Just installed 204p2 & then 205b3 over that installation on 2K SP4, running on a home LAN thru a Linksys BEFSR41 to a cable modem.

Set ETH & IGMP rules as posted above (set both to allow both directions) & unblocked TCP: WinNuke and UDP: NetBIOS rules from the EnhancedRulesSet.

If we click through Network/Entire Network/Microsoft Windows Network/Workgroup we get the not accessible error message.
If, however, we do a name-specific Search for Computers we can access another PC on our LAN.
???
Can anyone explain this discrepancy and suggest how to fix access through Network Neighborhood?

thaNX

[visitor]

hmmm...
Seems to be working this morning :-\

Should LNS need to be restarted to implement Internet Filtering rules changes?

NOTE: We dual-boot to XP Pro w/Sygate on this box & have none of these issues when booting back<->forth to test these network problems.

[visitor]

...The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available"

- again, now. WORKGROUP systems can be found via Search for (specific) Computers.

Never had this problem before installing LNS. Previously had McAfee's firewall on this Win2K system - just didn't like the interface & options.

Suggestions before going to something else?

[visitor]

"Stops UDP broadcasts to *.*.*.255." seems to have been the culprit, which is probably obvious to those here in the know...

[Frederic]

Hi,

For the Windows file sharing, you need to add some rules to the rule set.
There are several methods depending on your network configuration.
One is described here with the MAC address:
http://www.looknstop.com/En/faq.htm#lan

Otherwise you can import the following rule:
http://www.looknstop.com/Fr/rules/downloader.php?file=partage.rie

Frederic

[visitor]

thaNX, Frederic - these are what we were looking for ;)