iSeries NetServer does not appear in Windows My Network Places

iSeries NetServer™ takes advantage of the Microsoft proprietary browsing protocol which allows it to appear in Windows My Network Places. The Browsing protocol results in a separate list of computers for each protocol on each adapter. As a result, and because iSeries NetServer does not support NetBIOS, the transferring of these lists may result in the loss of non-NetBIOS supporting computers from the list.

It is a good idea to make all the computers in the same subnet members of the same domain (workgroup). This ensures that the browse announcements from iSeries NetServer are received by a computer capable of gathering information for the Windows Network Neighborhood.

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If iSeries NetServer is a Logon Server, then it will be the Master Browser for the domain and maintain the list of computers. Again, the browse list may not be complete if there are servers in a different subnet and that subnet does not have its own Master Browser that knows to contact the Domain Master Browser with its list.

iSeries NetServer may also be hidden from the network because of the browse announce interval setting. See Hide iSeries NetServer from the network for information on how to correct this problem, if this is the case.