Configuring SSL-Explorer to use a Microsoft Windows Workgroup Configuration
SSL-Explorer can be configured for use in a Windows workgroup fairly easily, however there are some caveats when using this method. In particular, when using a small workgroup with two computers for example, you might find that if you turn one of the systems off during the day then the network browsing ceases to work.
This is because of issues with the way Windows decides which computer is to be the domain master browser. The solution is to force the SSL-Explorer system to become the permanent domain master browser for the workgroup and this can be accomplished by editing the Windows registry.
1. Set the SSL-Explorer server to become the master browser by editing the following registry key. Set the key value to TRUE: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesBrowserParametersIsDomainMaster
2. Force the other workgroup member systems not to maintain a server list by editing the following registry key, setting the value to FALSE: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesBrowserParametersMaintainServerList
3. You will now need to edit the CIFS settings in SSL-Explorer. Set the NetBIOS local interface property to 127.0.0.1 to allow it to answer name resolution requests from itself. This can be achieved through the connection settings dialog for your network adapter.
SSL-Explorer should now allow network browsing regardless of whether workgroup members go offline at any point.
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