Re: Master Browser

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/24/03 

Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 17:56:17 -0700

In addition to these points, later versions of Windows usurp the Master
Browser role when they announce that they are capable of becoming Master
Browser.

So when you plug your XP laptop into your home network and it takes away
Master Browser from your Win98 desktop, you lose your network view for
five to fifteen minutes.

More details available in the m.p.windowsxp.networking_web group. 

-- 
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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> 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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