[Samba] Re: WINS server looses election irregular in a heterogeneous network

[Timo Meinen]

Hallo Helmut,



I am pretty sure the IP 221 is a Windows PC, but it doesn't really
matter, because may be a week it is IP 123, who is winning the
election, another week it's 213 who is winning and so on.


We found out, that its always a Windows PC, which is announcing itself
as a Master Browser.

It's really curious, because if I restart "my" samba server, it
_always_ wins the election. The problem arises, if the samba server is
some hours online.

Is it an unavoidable problem, which exists in an heterogenous
Win/Linux network or is my samba misconfigured?

Thank you very much.

Glück Auf,
Timo


To: samba at lists.samba.org
Date: 20 Jun 2008 06:22:00 +0200
Subject: Re: [Samba] WINS server looses election irregular in a
heterogeneous network
Hallo, Timo,

Du (timomeinen) meintest am 11.06.08:

> ===
> [2008/06/09 22:15:45, 0]
> nmbd/nmbd_incomingdgrams.c:process_local_master_announce(309)
> process_local_master_announce: Server GUERO at IP 10.0.80.221 is
> announcing itself as a local master browser for workgroup WODANLAN
> and we think we are master. Forcing election.
> [2008/06/09 22:15:45, 2]
> nmbd/nmbd_become_lmb.c:unbecome_local_master_browser(280)
> unbecome_local_master_browser: unbecoming local master for workgroup
> WODANLAN on subnet 10.0.80.5
> [2008/06/09 22:15:45, 0]
> nmbd/nmbd_become_lmb.c:unbecome_local_master_success(149)
> *****

> Samba name server SHODAN has stopped being a local master browser for
> workgroup WODANLAN on subnet 10.0.80.5

What kind of OS runs on 10.0.80.221?
If it's Linux, and if there runs a Samba server too: which OS level has
that server?

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut