Re: Master Browser not working on server

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From: Perry Diels (perry.diels_at_optivoks.com)
Date: 03/08/05 

Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 00:11:58 +0100

Hello Michael,

Thanks for your answer.
The result of browcon (I ran it on a workstation as well as on the server,
both with the same error:

PDC/Domain Master Browser: not found
The domain master browser for the specified domain could not be found.

However running "browstat status" or "browstat getmaster" give a positive
result, the answer is that ourserver is the master browser.
In the registry of our server both lines are correct:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\Browser\\Parameters\\MaintainServerList
= Yes
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\Browser\\Parameters\\IsDomainMaster
= TRUE

On all workstations this is No and FALSE respectively.

Why is the diagnostic result of Browcon different of Browstat?
Please note that I'm not sure what to enter as Identify IP Subnets in
Browcon, hence I keep the default setting "local_subnet localhost"

Any other ideas or hints greatly appreciated.

Best regards,
Perry

"Michael Giorgio - MS MVP" <Michael.Giorgio@NoSpam.mayerson.com> wrote in
message news:OdelqoAJFHA.2700@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Download the browsing console and use it to test the
> browser functionality. Post the errors if any..
>
> Description of NetBIOS Browsing Console (Browcon.exe)
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;818092
>
> "Perry Diels" <perry.diels@optivoks.com> wrote in message news:
>> I have followed the steps as described, both NETBIOS disabled and
> KB292822.
>> At first, after rebooting the server and all the workstations, it looked
>> fine. The Master Browser is the server and al the connected stations were
>> visible from the browser (on all stations including the server). I was
>> confident that this was the solution, but today when restarting the
>> workstations (not the server) the same problem appears again. The
>> workstations show up but after x-time only the server remains visible
>> from
>> network browsing.
>> Perhaps any other bright idea?
>
>

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