Sniffer Symptoms

[zourqe]

I need some inputs from you expert guys out there for these 2 Qs.
Do 'No Network Errors' meaning that any signal that might send by any Servers through the network do not get loss or hung or blocked?
Do symptoms like Excessive Symptoms Found, Browser Election Force and Missed Browser Announcement take up network resources?

 

[matttheknife]

Hi,
I think I can add my 2 cent on the browser symptoms.

"Browser Election Force" does definitely take up network ressources as well as host resources. All clients configured as a "Preferred Browser" will force an election when booting up and all potential browsers will participate. BTW, they are bidding to become Master Browsers for their own network to hold the list of available servers of their domain and of all other domains/workgroups.
Try to minimize the number of preferred and potential browsers. MS Technet Online can help you.

Missed Browser announcement does not point to a waste of resources. It shows that the Sniffer hasn't seen Browser announcements by one station any more, they may have been switched off.

Regards
Matthias

 

[rwullems]

okay,
i see matthias is back on track.
regards
Robert

Robert A.H. Wullems
Sniffer University Instructor
SCM / CNX / MCP
Citee Education
the Netherlands