master browser issues

[Michael Heironimus]

At a guess, I'd say that the Windows machines were broadcasting their
presence over NetBEUI, and Samba only broadcasts over / listens to
TCP/IP. And unless you've set up WINS or some other form of cross-subnet
browsing, they won't be aware of machines on any other subnet.

Unless you really need it, I would suggest removing the NetBEUI
protocol from all the Windows machines anyway - I've seen it be the
cause of many problems of this sort. On the other hand, if it's working,
I'm a firm believer in not fixing things that ain't broke.

On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 03:35:32PM -0500, Vanest, Trent wrote:
> I have a few samba servers running and the other day one decided he was
> going to be the master browser for his subnet.  The problem with this is he
> would only show other Samba machines and only ones on his subnet.  Does
> anyone have any idea why?  I have changed him to not enter the election for
> being the master browser now, but still do not know why he wasn't showing
> everything when people would browse the network.

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