Multiple domain/workgroups in Network Places?

From: al (allen_at_somplace.com)
Date: 05/28/04


Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 00:08:46 GMT

Hi all,
We are a 500 user network with a handfull for VPN remote sites and private
subnets and we are inside a PIX Firewall.
Something weird happened today that we couldn't explain why.
When we view Network Places \ Entire Network \ Microsoft Network, we found a
lot of domains / workgroup that we don't recognize.
We tried double-clicking and we couldn't open them.
It was there for about a couple of hours and disappeared.
We don't have any wireless access points or anything.
The are most probably showing up through netbios because I don't see them if
I disable "netbios over tcp".
What could have cause that?
Thanks,
Al



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