Re: <workgroup> is not accessible??? -- PCTECH

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Subject: Re: [PCTECH] <workgroup> is not accessible???
From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 15:41:29 -0600
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Adam Lang wrote:

If I recall, that isn't it because desktop versions of the windows OS won't
become master browsers (recalling from very fuzzy memory).

No, 'cause if I shut down the samba server, one of my desktop systems becomes the master browser.

If you do a 'nbtstat -a <netbios name>' command for each computer in your network, you'll see an entry "..__MSBROWSE__." on one of those systems. That's the master browser.

david

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