Re: Master Browser not working on server

From: Michael Giorgio - MS MVP (Michael.Giorgio_at_NoSpam.mayerson.com)
Date: 03/09/05 

Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:15:54 -0500

Hi Perry,

Answers linline:

"Perry Diels" <perry.diels@optivoks.com> wrote in message news:
> 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.

Attempt to map a share from the PDC to the workstation and vice
versa first by name then by tcp/ip address. If any fails post the exact
error.

>
> 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.

If you only have 1 machine on this paticular subnet acting
as the master browser I would recommend you have at
least two more machines maintaining the list as backup
master browsers. Next I would set the IsDomainMaster
setting to false on all machines on that paticular subnet.
Basically this gives the machine a better chance of becoming
an SMB (subnet master browser) but doesn't guarentee this
will happen. Its best to let the machine criteria determine the
SMB.

>
> Why is the diagnostic result of Browcon different of Browstat?

It's possible browstat is finding the SMB but not the DMB.
The PDC is always the DMB or PDC emulator that's set
in stone.

> 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"

Depends on which subnet the machine is on which is running
the application. That will be the local host. You need to put
the subnet the problem machine is on and the subnet which
cannot see the problem subnet.

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