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Hello,
I just setup a Mac Mini with Mac OS X Server 10.6 configured as an SMB fileserver for Windows 7 machines. The server is configured a a WINS server.
While Windows 7 client can access the server by typing \\serverIP\resource, the server icon doesn't appear in windows network window.
I tried many different things but I am out of ideas. How can Windows 7 machines "see" the server?
Hi,
Are both machines in the same workgroup? OSX Server creates a default workgroup and that might conflict with the default Workgroup for your Windows7 client. Verify that both are the same.
Goodluck!
Jeffrey
Hi Jeffrey,
Thank you for your answer. Both server and windows clients are on the same workgroup (set up on mac osx server SMB settings). I also put the server as a "workgroup master browser".
Enabling the WINS server on the mac os x server didn't have any effect (of course I set up the WINS server IP on the client machines).
The funny thing is that from Windows 7 PCs I can see other Vista and other windows 7 clients but no Windows XP clients. From Mac os X clients I can see other Mac os X machines and Windows XP machines. I am about to lose my sanity on this problem.
Cheers
Luca
I just forgoto to mention that:
All machines are on the same subnet, they are on a switched network (the only router in the network is an ADSL router that connect the network to the internet).
The machines are configured with Netbios over TCP (I am wondering if this is necessary since the network is switched)
Some one suggested that I could set up the Mac Os X server as an DHCP server with LDAP and this could solve my problem.
The users are complaining (most of them do not want to type "\\192.168.047\server" every time that they switch on the PC).
I have the same problem-sometimes it shows and sometimes it doesn't. Did you ever get it fixed?
Same problem. Windows 7 machines cannot see the Snow Leopard Server file share machine when they go to "Network". They have to type the machine name in manually. So annoying. They can see each other's machines.
Windows 7 machines cannot "see" Mac Os X server 10.6
