Brow-beaten by browsing
- From: "Jeff the Network Guy" <MartiniMadness@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:19:53 -0400
I have been working with a client of mine on some network browsing
issues. To start off I sat down and read
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188001/en-us to get an exact description of
the ins and outs of the browser service. That having been said, reading the
Technet article just left me with a few more questions. In the "Summary" it
states that "Microsoft Active Directory services in Windows 2000 and Windows
XP replace the computer browser service". How? The article continues to
state that NetBIOS resolution is provided as a backward compatibility
functionality for older clients. This seems to infer that only Windows 9x
PCs should be using network browsing.
If this is the case, the how are the 2000 and XP clients supposed to be
finding resources? Are my users expected to type in Active Directory
queries every time they go looking for that one file on the server that they
were on last week who's name they cannot quite recall? Is there a newer,
better way to get a domain-wide list of available resources and shares that
I missed? I do not mean to sound overtly critical, but I am absolutely
confused by the implications of this article.
In any case, since I am still saddled with network browsing issues, does
anyone have any advice? The problem is that I have all my servers in one
subnet, and all my PCs in others (varies by physical location). The good
news is that all of the subnets are connected to the servers via fiber. Is
it practical/feasible to prevent all the PCs from becoming or electing
master browsers? If the PCs have no master browser in their respective
subnets, will they pull the browsing list from the PDC emulator in the
server subnet?
Also, does anyone know if this hotfix was included in Service Pack 1 for
Windows 2003? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843517/en-us
Thanks for listening,
Jeff
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