Re: Domain Controller Not Master Browser

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From: SaltPeter (SaltPeter_at_Jupiter.sys)
Date: 07/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 02:07:42 -0400

"LucyMR" <lrmsalerts@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ukfov7SZEHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I have a server running W2K, AD and Exchange 2000. This is the only DC on
> the network. It supports approximately 18 users.
>
> The DC is not the master browser. I would like to be able to force an
> election, but I do not have the resource kit to load to force an election.

A DC can't be a master browser. The rootDC is the default "domain master
browser" of your domain. While a workgroup supports 2 levels of browse list
providers, a domain has 3: domain master, master and backup.

>
> Is there something else I can do to make the DC the master browser again?
> Currently this role bounces from workstation to workstation (all WinXP),
and
> the DC never accepts the role. Even after a reboot, the server will not
> take on the role.
>
> Consequently, some items are not able to browse the network - a Canon
> ImageRunner 6020 for example.

OK, a print device can't be browsed for, but a print queue can. The point
here is that whatever system the printer is attached to is managing the
print queue. Then we hit the issue of name resolution.

Browsing is netbios based. Clients like XP always use DNS name resolution
before netbios name resolution(thats true even when a WINS server is
present). So the question here is: is DNS is running on the network? Is a
WINS running on the network? Is the WINS server, if any, the same server
serving the print queue. Is there a subnet issue? Was the DC's netbios over
tcp/ip disabled?

>
> This machine was originally WinNT 4.0 and was upgraded to W2K (not my
> idea!).
>
> Are there any other tools, other than those in the resource kit, that
would
> enable me to force an election and force the DC to become the master
> browser?
>
> Thanks!
>
>

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