Browsing with the Net View Command

Browsing network resources at the command prompt is handled by the real-mode networking components. You can use the net view command to perform most of the same browsing actions as Network Neighborhood or Windows Explorer, except that it cannot provide a list of workgroups.

For specific notes about using the net commands on NetWare networks, see "Browsing on NetWare Networks" later in this chapter.

To display a list of computers with shared resources in a workgroup

• At the command prompt, type the following and then press enter.

  net view [\\computername]

  – Or –

  net view [/workgroup:workgroupname]

Where computername is the name of the computer with shared resources you want to view; /workgroup specifies that you want to view the names of the computers that share resources in another workgroup; and workgroupname is the name of the workgroup that has computer names you want to view.