Master browser

I need to know if there is a way to make a master browser to a specific
server? For example,

I have computer A B C, C is in a different subnet. A and B are having
server D as a master browser. How do I get C to have Server D as the master
browser?

=?Utf-8?B?bG9jYw==?= <locc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:7D53065B-7BC5-41DB-8177-7DCAF095FC5C@microsoft.com:

> I need to know if there is a way to make a master browser to a
> specific server? For example,
>
> I have computer A B C, C is in a different subnet. A and B are
> having server D as a master browser. How do I get C to have
> Server D as the master browser?
>

You can't.
Every subnet elects its own Master Browser.

See:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>

HTH,
John

I can disable the browser service if I am using dns right?

"John Wunderlich" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?bG9jYw==?= <locc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:7D53065B-7BC5-41DB-8177-7DCAF095FC5C@microsoft.com:
>
> > I need to know if there is a way to make a master browser to a
> > specific server? For example,
> >
> > I have computer A B C, C is in a different subnet. A and B are
> > having server D as a master browser. How do I get C to have
> > Server D as the master browser?
> >
>
> You can't.
> Every subnet elects its own Master Browser.
>
> See:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
>
> HTH,
> John
>

=?Utf-8?B?bG9jYw==?= <locc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:18A1B0BB-7525-422E-84F4-8934F9D2AC84@microsoft.com:

> "John Wunderlich" wrote:
>
>> =?Utf-8?B?bG9jYw==?= <locc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> news:7D53065B-7BC5-41DB-8177-7DCAF095FC5C@microsoft.com:
>>
>>> I need to know if there is a way to make a master browser to a
>>> specific server? For example,
>>>
>>> I have computer A B C, C is in a different subnet. A and B are
>>> having server D as a master browser. How do I get C to have
>>> Server D as the master browser?
>>>
>>
>> You can't.
>> Every subnet elects its own Master Browser.
>>
>> See:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/arc...loy/prodspecs/
>> ntbrowse.mspx>
>>
>> HTH,
>> John
>>
>

> I can disable the browser service if I am using dns right?

I believe so. You can disable the browser service on just about any
machine. It is really only needed if the machine desires to be a
master browser. As long as one machine on the subnet has the service
running all will be normal. I believe that if a name can't be resolved
through netBios, DNS will be attempted.

HTH,
John

On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:37:04 -0800, locc <locc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I need to know if there is a way to make a master browser to a specific
>server? For example,
>
>I have computer A B C, C is in a different subnet. A and B are having
>server D as a master browser. How do I get C to have Server D as the master
>browser?

If C is on a different subnet, C will have to be the subnet master browser. Is
this a domain or workgroup? If a domain, they can all be in the domain, and the
domain controller (aka domain master browser) will aggregate C with the rest of
the domain. If a workgroup, you'll want to put C in a separate workgroup, and D
will provide C to A and B, though under a different workgroup.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...lways-see.html
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/browsing-across-subnets.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...s-subnets.html

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