Master Browser.

[jjc]

I have in a problem with the Master browser.
Windows 98 is wining the election over Winnt4 server (PDC).
I try puting a line on the system ini of win98.(Maintainserverlist=no) and it did not work.
Is there a way to hard code on the server to always be the master Browser for that BDC?




Thank you


Juan
Jcuffaro@foxboro.ca

 

[peterve]

Check if the subnet mask of your client matches the subnetmask on your server

There are some reg keys to force browser roles, but I will have to look them up
YOu might try

http://www.jsiinc.com

or search

http://www.microsoft.com/technet

Peter Van Eeckhoutte
peter.ve@pandora.be

 

[Magellan]

i had given the registry settings to a previous querry made by jbrooks about master browser posted on 5th of this month. so, if you can kindly..you know..may be it can help you. B-) wiedersehn

 

[jjc]

It did not work.
If you have any more ideas please let me know.
I may have some thing to do with the wins.
chek th other question that I asked.
Thank you.

Juan

 

[CitrixEngineer]

In the properties for TCP/IP on the Win98 machines, there is a checkbox to disable this.

I hope this helps

 

[jasons9745]

I think there is a patch for NT server that will fix this, Check the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

 

[DBG]

We had the same problem with our Win95 Workstations.
If you have installed File and Printer sharing for Microsoft Networks you can try this,
- open Network Properties
- click on File and Printer sharing for Microsoft Networks
- click on Properties
- click on Browse Master
If the value is set to Automatic change it to Disabled.
restart the box

hope this helps

 

[WilWolitski]

You can also add a line to the LMHOSTS file on the PDC to force it to always be the Master Browser. Add:
10.10.10.xxx "servername \0x1B" #PRE #DOMomainName
IMPORTANT NOTES:
(1) specify the IP address of your server
(2a) the \ between the quotes (&quot must be on the 16th character and your server name must be padded with blanks
(2b)the hex version of the 16th character "\0x1B" specifies this machine as the Master Browser
(3) the #PRE preloads the cache and remains in the server's NetBIOS cache
(4) the #DOM specifies the domain which it is the master browser for

Once you've added this line to the server's lmhosts file, wipe out and reload the NetBIOS cache by typing
'nbtstat -R' at the command line on the server Must be a capital R to Reload

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