Re: Master Browser

From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 07/20/03 

Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 10:56:37 -0400

AFAIK - all computers in the workgroup will try to announce themselves as
the master browser, and one wins. It's just timing. Not just servers, but
also all workstations (including W9x if it has file/printer sharing
enabled).

Workgroups are pretty inefficient in this and other ways. Use a domain model
and this all becomes a lot easier....DNS, and if you use WINS for downlevel
clients, you don't get all that nasty broadcast traffic.

This question would be better addressed to a networking group, fyi.

 George Valkov wrote:
> Hello everybody!
> Let's suppose that we have a network and some workgroups on it. One
> of them is called GROUP (for example). The workgroup has many servers
> with different versions of Windows. (Win95, Win98, Win Me, Win NT4,
> Win 2000, Win XP and Win 2003 Server).
>
> Question 1.
> How do Servers in the workgroup choose the Master Browser from all of
> the servers with Computer Browser electrons and what does it depend
> on?
>
> Question 2.
> Suppose I have a server running Windows 2003 Enterprise server,
> Service Pack
> 1. Can I demote the existing Master Browser and promote this one?
> Because as we know Windows 2003 Server is more reliable.
> Note that I don't have access to the existing Master Browser on the
> workgroup.
>
>
> Thank You in advance!
>
>
> George Valkov
> The_Boss_GFC@msn.com

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