I've got a small network at home, currently consisting of 2 '98 machines
and a 2k-pro box.
All was hunky-dory under Network Neighborhood, until I got a DSL line installed
two days ago, and I thought it best to disable file sharing on all the boxes
until I had a firewall inplace, which I now do.
At any rate, I'd had need to access some files stored on one 98 box with the
other two. I set the folder they were in to being shared read-only, and was
able to access it via the 2k box, but not the other '98 machine.
In fact, on both 98 boxes, when opening Network Neighborhood, the workgroup that
all 3 boxes belong to didn't show up, and when I double-clicked "Entire
Network" I was informed that I was unable to browse the network.
It wasn't until I re-enabled file sharing on the 2k box that network
browsing returned to normal.
I'm looking for possible explanations. Is it possible that the 2k box
(which had never needed a reboot while making any of the network changes) had
declared itself the master browser, but since file sharing was turned off, that
it was denying the other two machines access to it's "map" of the
network?
Barry
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