Take the tour ×  We have Windows Server 2008 for Active
Directory and DNS. We also have 18 VLANs in the network and
users use Windows "My Network Places" for sharing. The problem
is that users in different VLANs cannot see each other in "My
Network Places." Does anyone know why?  share|improve this
question add comment  2 Answers  up vote 4 down vote accepted
Why? Because browsing the network relies on broadcast traffic,
which is ususally blocked between networks at the routers that
join/separate those networks. If you want to enable network
browsing across networks you can do one of the following:    1.
Allow broadcast traffic across the routers that join/separate
these VLAN's.    2. Implement WINS  share|improve this answer
You were faster and more accurate. I retreat :) –  Christopher
Perrin Aug 18 '12 at 14:55 Your answer is correct as to the why
of it. –  joeqwerty Aug 18 '12 at 14:57 add comment  this is a
normal behavoir, because the netbios names of computers listed
in the network neighborhood are di