We have a windows 2003 DC infrastructure -

1. 7 Domain controllers (File/Print) in different regions
2. When trying to do a Network browse I can only see my DC not any others DC's

3. This happens from each DC office , they can only see there DC
4. They are pingable and can see there shares(\\servername\c$ works fine)
5. What can I do to fix this or is this really NOT a problem? When I do a network browse I DO want to be able to see from any office's DC other DC's as well.

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This issue may occur due to several reasons.

Please check the following

1. Make sure following services are running and started on all the DCs

Computer Browser Service. Workstation Service and Server Service

2. Make sure following ports are opened on firewall bidirectionally on all DCs

UDP 137, UDP 138 and TCP 139

3. Make sure Windows Firewall or AV firewall is not blocking above ports

4. Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP in Advanced NIC settings on all DCs and restart netlogon service

5. If the DCs are located at different sites, make sure subnets and site objects are correctly defined in AD sites and services.
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