{"id":124,"date":"2010-12-03T10:07:05","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T15:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amixa.com\/blog\/?p=124"},"modified":"2011-01-19T14:48:38","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T19:48:38","slug":"server-name-does-not-show-up-under-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amixa.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/03\/server-name-does-not-show-up-under-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Server name does not show up under Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently came across this problem where one of our servers would not show up in the “browse list” under the “Network” icon in Windows 7.\u00a0 I also checked this same issue from other computers Network Neighborhoods and verified it was just this one server “webserver6” which was not showing up.\u00a0 We are in a standard Windows AD (Active Directory) network here with a DHCP and DNS servers and two domain controllers.\u00a0 I checked all the settings on those boxes and they all looked fine, so I suspected the issue was solely with that one particular server.<\/p>\n

I examined the server (a standard Windows 2008 server box), and all the settings looked fine.\u00a0 Static IP (yes), correct DNS servers (yes), enable NetBIOS over TCP\/IP (yes), so the problem must be somewhere else.<\/p>\n

I then checked the services and found that the COMPUTER BROWSER service was disabled.\u00a0 I set it to automatic and started the service.<\/p>\n

Since this particular server is a virutal server under the latest version of Hyper-V.\u00a0 I\u00a0shut down the server and checked the settings in the Hyper-V manager.\u00a0 I noticed that this particular server was set to a “DYNAMIC MAC” address.\u00a0\u00a0 I switched that to STATIC.<\/p>\n

Rebooted my workstation and “webserver6”.\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 The server now shows up under the Network list.<\/p>\n

Here are the steps again in a more formal list:<\/p>\n

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  1. Check to make sure the server has a static IP<\/li>\n
  2. Check to make sure the server is using the correct DNS server (probably your AD domain server)<\/li>\n
  3. Make sure NetBIOS over TCP\/IP is enabled<\/li>\n
  4. Make sure the Computer Browser service is started and set to Automatic<\/li>\n
  5. HYPER-V machines:\u00a0 Check to make sure the network adapter that the server is using is set to a STATIC MAC address.\u00a0 (Not sure if this one makes any difference, but that type of a server shouldn’t be using a dynamic MAC address anyways).<\/li>\n
  6. Reboot the server in question and your local workstation<\/li>\n
  7. Server should show up if all the above is OK.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    ADDENDUM 12\/6\/2010:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Another thing to check is your Windows Firewall settings. I had another server that would not show up on the Network list until I turned off the Windows Firewall.\u00a0 That wasn’t a problem for us because we have a separate firewall that protects our systems.\u00a0 But you need to use your own judgement and take that action on your own choice.\u00a0 We aren’t responsible for your systems so I would presume that you know what you are doing and the risks of disabling Windows Firewall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I recently came across this problem where one of our servers would not show up in the “browse list” under the “Network” icon in Windows 7.\u00a0 I also checked this same issue from other computers Network Neighborhoods and verified it was just this one server “webserver6” which was not showing up.\u00a0 We are in a standard Windows AD (Active Directory)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,34,22],"tags":[37,38,8,28],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-bits","category-windows-7-tips","category-windows-server","tag-active-directory","tag-dns","tag-microsoft-windows-server","tag-windows-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amixa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amixa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amixa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amixa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amixa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.amixa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/www.amixa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amixa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amixa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amixa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}