Re: VPN in a member server which also is an Exchange



C:\browstat status

Status for domain XXXXXX on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{7F95D44F-7483-4887-871B
-C3CCFDE1FEEA}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: MEMBER01
Master browser is running build 3790
3 backup servers retrieved from master MEMBER01
\\MEMBER01
\\DC02
\\DC01
There are 5 servers in domain XXXXXX on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{7F95D44
F-7483-4887-871B-C3CCFDE1FEEA}
There are 2 domains in domain XXXXXX on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{7F95D44
F-7483-4887-871B-C3CCFDE1FEEA}

Status for domain XXXXXX on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{3FEAE60B-C123-4038-982C
-664D2A62CE0C}
Browsing is NOT active on domain. Status : 6118
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.

C:\
*****************************************************

When I use the browstat status anywhere else in the network, I get DC01 for
the master browser..... anywhere else including DC01 and DC02. My DC01 is the
main DC which also has all the 5 fsmo roles, so I did the registry hack on
how to force it to always be the domain master browser.

This output is from the member server which is also an exchange box and has
the RAS/VPN service running. This service used to be in my DC01 but was
causing too many problems because of master browser being multi-homed which
is a bad idea.

The bottom part of the output,

Status for domain XXXXXX on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{3FEAE60B-C123-4038-982C
-664D2A62CE0C}
Browsing is NOT active on domain. Status : 6118
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.

only comes out when there is a user connected to the VPN. So when there is
no one connnected thru the VPN, the output comes out without this bottom part
and reports that the domain master browser is indeed my DC01, which is
right... but this output as you can see reports that the domain master
browser is my member server itself.

Please help... any other questions please just let me know and I will
provide all the details you might need

thanks



"Robert L [MS-MVP]" wrote:

> what's the master browser status, if you use browstat in the DC?
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> "Carlos" <Carlos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D9E60B65-B7A5-46B3-89BD-FE3C2BE9CA5E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I just switched over my VPN server from my main DC to my member server which
> is also an exchange box. All this in 2003. I did it because I was having lots
> of problems with my main DC having RAS installed and this was creating
> another PPP adapter and was screwing up browsing capabilities
>
> I now have RAS installed in my exchange box member server and every time I
> go to do a browstat status, the results says that browsing is not active in
> the domain
>
>
> can you guys Help?
.



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