Re: PDC Server Not Appearing Network Neighbourhood <-- Heavy Duty Help Required !

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From: Dana Brash (dbrash_at_Phongsaly.com)
Date: 10/18/04

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    I am also stumped.

    If you disable the adaptive load balancing on the NICs and just run with one
    NIC, does the problem go away?

    The reason I ask is because I know nothing about Intel's adaptive load
    balancing, so it looks suspicious to me. BUT, I also have no idea of the
    ramifications or the process involved in turning that off.

    I dunno. Worth a try?

    Are the servers on the same subnet as the clients? If not, what's
    separating them?

    Tried the info at EventID.net yet?
    http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=8032&eventno=118&source=BROWSER&phase=1

    This thread http://www.mcse.ms/archive53-2004-1-339084.html seems to suggest

    On domain master browser dig down to:
    \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser\Parameters
    and verify that "MaintainServerList" is set to yes

    But that's where the thread ends, so it's inconclusive.

    Sorry I'm not more help....

    =d= 

    -- 
Dana Brash
MCSE, MCDBA, MCSA
dbrash@gmail.com
"Peter Greenway" <p.greenway_take_this_bit_off@a-m-b-s.com> wrote in message 
news:cl165g$pc2$1$830fa7a5@news.demon.co.uk...
> Yes, I have file and printer sharing enabled, that was in one of the KB 
> articles.  I have also used browmon and that does not work basically 
> saying that I have a problem with the browser !!!   I have followed all of 
> the suggestions without any luck and am truly stumped on this one.
>
> P.
> "Dana Brash" <dbrash@Phongsaly.com> wrote in message 
> news:O3m2MrPtEHA.3040@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Do you have File and Printer Sharing enabled?
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Dana Brash
>> MCSE, MCDBA, MCSA
>>
>> dbrash@gmail.com
>>
>> "Pez" <peter.greenway@active-media.biz> wrote in message 
>> news:cktmjv$e9h$1$830fa795@news.demon.co.uk...
>>> All
>>>
>>> Before I say anything else, can I say that I develop software for a 
>>> living and just get the poison chalice job of looking after the servers 
>>> and the network:  so be gentle with me !
>>>
>>> We have a single Windows 2003 Standard Edition machine Dell PE4600 ( 
>>> AM-PE4600ENIGMA ) acting as
>>> a primary domain controller and a baby Dell ( running Windows 2003 SE as 
>>> well ) as a backup domain ( AM-PE4600ULTRA ) controller on a very small 
>>> network.  We have a strange  problem in so far as the machine does not 
>>> appear in the domain if you browse
>>> the domain in network neighbourhood - *all* other clients attached to 
>>> the domain do but the server itself does not !!
>>>
>>> You can from a client:
>>>
>>> 1.    Ping the PDC machine by IP address all okay
>>> 2.    Ping the PDC machine by name all okay
>>> 3.    Ping the PDC machine by fully qualified address all okay
>>>
>>> 4.    Ping the BDC machine by IP address all okay
>>> 5.    Ping the BDC machine by name all okay
>>> 6.    Ping the BDC machine by fully qualified address all okay
>>>
>>> The machine has two network cards installed which are adaptive load 
>>> balanced
>>> using the Intel Pro Chipset utility.
>>>
>>> All applications including Exchange and SQL/Server seem to be working
>>> absolutely fine.
>>>
>>> We have de-installed and re-installed DNS, done various boots and it 
>>> still does not appear; I have also re-installed file and print sharing 
>>> as this was mentioned in a post as being a potential post.
>>>
>>> Other Information:
>>>
>>> 1.    Net BIOS over TCP is enabled
>>> 2.    The backup controller gets this ever logged:
>>>
>>> Event ID 8032.
>>> Type Browser.
>>> The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many 
>>> times on
>>> transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{FD65145F-ECAC-4E77-A846-33732DC39120}. 
>>> The
>>> backup browser is stopping.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This is the latest BROWSTAT information:
>>>
>>> U:\>browstat status
>>>
>>>
>>> Status for domain ACTIVE_MEDIA on transport 
>>> \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{36DC5F08-F5D1-4
>>> 5A5-9874-CED1733AD2D7}
>>>    Browsing is active on domain.
>>>    Master browser name is: AM-PE4600ENIGMA
>>>        Master browser is running build 3790
>>>    1 backup servers retrieved from master AM-PE4600ENIGMA
>>>        \\AM-PE4600ENIGMA
>>>    There are 0 servers in domain ACTIVE_MEDIA on transport 
>>> \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_
>>> {36DC5F08-F5D1-45A5-9874-CED1733AD2D7}
>>>    There are 1 domains in domain ACTIVE_MEDIA on transport 
>>> \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_
>>> {36DC5F08-F5D1-45A5-9874-CED1733AD2D7}
>>>
>>> .. which seems okay, but the following seems to be the root of the 
>>> problem:
>>>
>>> U:\>browstat getmaster \device\netbt_el59x1 active_media
>>> The browser is not bound to transport \device\netbt_el59x1    <----  I 
>>> think this is the problem
>>>
>>> List of transports currently bound to the browser
>>>
>>>     1 \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{36DC5F08-F5D1-45A5-9874-CED1733AD2D7}
>>>
>>> BROWSTAT accepts any of the following forms for transport name:
>>>    1, \device\XXX, XXX
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what / if there is a resolution to this.  Is there 
>>> anyway of re-binding the browser to the transport.
>>>
>>> Thanks in anticipation
>>>
>>> Peter Greenway
>>> for Active Media Business Solutions
>>>
>>
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