Comments on: How to Determine the Master Browser in a Windows Workgroup http://scottiestech.info/2009/02/14/how-to-determine-the-master-browser-in-a-windows-workgroup/ A chimpanzee and two trainees could run her! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alegh http://scottiestech.info/2009/02/14/how-to-determine-the-master-browser-in-a-windows-workgroup/comment-page-1/#comment-930 alegh Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:38:03 +0000 http://baldur.com/scottiestech.info/?p=1#comment-930 Scottie, thanks for this script. I had to find a VM with 2000 on it to run browstat. Your script runs on my Win7x64 machine just fine, and helped me track down the master browser and eligible servers. A quick flush of the DNS on the master browser cleared up a lot of problems. Nice to know I can run this off my slightly more modern computer without having to dust off browstat. Scottie, thanks for this script. I had to find a VM with 2000 on it to run browstat. Your script runs on my Win7x64 machine just fine, and helped me track down the master browser and eligible servers. A quick flush of the DNS on the master browser cleared up a lot of problems. Nice to know I can run this off my slightly more modern computer without having to dust off browstat.

]]> By: John_bud http://scottiestech.info/2009/02/14/how-to-determine-the-master-browser-in-a-windows-workgroup/comment-page-1/#comment-921 John_bud Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:13:29 +0000 http://baldur.com/scottiestech.info/?p=1#comment-921 Hi, I've been turning my hair-doo into a mohawk because of a networking issue! Would really like to get some advice. The network runs off a Buffalo router. 4 computers and 1 NAS. Only one computer has an issue. (It can't connect to the WD mybooklive NAS.) I've simplified the network by turning off 2 of the computers. Computer "JOHNS" has the issue. It's running win xp 32 bit sp3. Computer "ASI-JAMES" is fine. It's running XP pro 64 bit (up to date) The NAS is operating fine and accessible by computers 2, 3 &4. NOTE: the other computers are #3 Vista laptop (no problem) and W7 64 bit laptop (no problems) Here's output from your program LANscanner v1.3 - ScottiesTech.Info Scanning LAN... ASI-JAMESB 192.168.1.101 00-08-54-8E-DC-99 MSHOME JOHNS 192.168.1.111 00-E0-18-ED-A0-B6 MSHOME MASTER MYBOOKLIVE 192.168.1.148 Press any key to exit... From "JOHNS" pinging "MYBOOKLIVE" fails. Pinging the router and "ASI-JAMESB" succeed. Mapping to it also fails. and using the WD install program to discover the NAS also fails. From "ASI-JAMESB" (and the other computers) pinging "MYBOOKLIVE" succeeds. It can be mapped and the WD program discovered it just fine. Data can be written to and read from the NAS. In fact, the ASI-JAMESB computer can copy files from the JOHNS computer and write them onto the NAS. Help! Hi, I’ve been turning my hair-doo into a mohawk because of a networking issue! Would really like to get some advice.

The network runs off a Buffalo router. 4 computers and 1 NAS. Only one computer has an issue. (It can’t connect to the WD mybooklive NAS.)

I’ve simplified the network by turning off 2 of the computers.

Computer “JOHNS” has the issue. It’s running win xp 32 bit sp3.
Computer “ASI-JAMES” is fine. It’s running XP pro 64 bit (up to date)
The NAS is operating fine and accessible by computers 2, 3 &4.

NOTE: the other computers are #3 Vista laptop (no problem) and W7 64 bit laptop (no problems)

Here’s output from your program

LANscanner v1.3 – ScottiesTech.Info

Scanning LAN…

ASI-JAMESB 192.168.1.101 00-08-54-8E-DC-99 MSHOME
JOHNS 192.168.1.111 00-E0-18-ED-A0-B6 MSHOME MASTER
MYBOOKLIVE 192.168.1.148

Press any key to exit…

From “JOHNS” pinging “MYBOOKLIVE” fails. Pinging the router and “ASI-JAMESB” succeed. Mapping to it also fails. and using the WD install program to discover the NAS also fails.

From “ASI-JAMESB” (and the other computers) pinging “MYBOOKLIVE” succeeds. It can be mapped and the WD program discovered it just fine. Data can be written to and read from the NAS. In fact, the ASI-JAMESB computer can copy files from the JOHNS computer and write them onto the NAS.

Help!

]]> By: Scottie http://scottiestech.info/2009/02/14/how-to-determine-the-master-browser-in-a-windows-workgroup/comment-page-1/#comment-896 Scottie Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:04:45 +0000 http://baldur.com/scottiestech.info/?p=1#comment-896 What OS(es) are all your PCs running? What OS(es) are all your PCs running?

]]> By: Kyle Degraaf http://scottiestech.info/2009/02/14/how-to-determine-the-master-browser-in-a-windows-workgroup/comment-page-1/#comment-895 Kyle Degraaf Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:39:29 +0000 http://baldur.com/scottiestech.info/?p=1#comment-895 Nice app! I think I found a bug. When I run version 1.3 on our network, one PC has no MAC listed, and then two PCs have 00-00-00-00-00-00 listed as their MAC address. Let me know what I can do to help you resolve that. Thanks! Nice app! I think I found a bug. When I run version 1.3 on our network, one PC has no MAC listed, and then two PCs have 00-00-00-00-00-00 listed as their MAC address. Let me know what I can do to help you resolve that. Thanks!

]]> By: Scottie http://scottiestech.info/2009/02/14/how-to-determine-the-master-browser-in-a-windows-workgroup/comment-page-1/#comment-801 Scottie Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:54:29 +0000 http://baldur.com/scottiestech.info/?p=1#comment-801 Hmm, I dunno... If I had to guess, I'd say that maybe WHS is doing something weird with the Master Browser stuff. Unfortunately, I don't have WHS and have never played around with it. Of course, one way to figure out if WHS is the problem is to disconnect it from the network, wait a few minutes, and then try again with LANscanner. If it works, at least you know where the problem is. If not, rinse and repeat with the other puters. That's what I'd try, anyway! Hmm, I dunno… If I had to guess, I’d say that maybe WHS is doing something weird with the Master Browser stuff. Unfortunately, I don’t have WHS and have never played around with it. Of course, one way to figure out if WHS is the problem is to disconnect it from the network, wait a few minutes, and then try again with LANscanner. If it works, at least you know where the problem is. If not, rinse and repeat with the other puters.

That’s what I’d try, anyway!

]]> By: Scottie http://scottiestech.info/2009/02/14/how-to-determine-the-master-browser-in-a-windows-workgroup/comment-page-1/#comment-800 Scottie Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:44:37 +0000 http://baldur.com/scottiestech.info/?p=1#comment-800 Oh, that might be because of VirtualBox's crazy ethernet driver that it loads. On my machine, LANscanner works REALLY, REALLY slowly if I have the "VirtualBox Host-Only Network" adapter enabled in Network & Sharing Center -> Change adapter settings. Disabling the Vbox adapter doesn't break Vbox at all, and then LANscanner works fine. Dunno why, though. Oh, that might be because of VirtualBox’s crazy ethernet driver that it loads.

On my machine, LANscanner works REALLY, REALLY slowly if I have the “VirtualBox Host-Only Network” adapter enabled in Network & Sharing Center -> Change adapter settings.

Disabling the Vbox adapter doesn’t break Vbox at all, and then LANscanner works fine. Dunno why, though.

]]> By: James http://scottiestech.info/2009/02/14/how-to-determine-the-master-browser-in-a-windows-workgroup/comment-page-1/#comment-799 James Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:45:03 +0000 http://baldur.com/scottiestech.info/?p=1#comment-799 <blockquote cite="#commentbody-797"> <strong><a href="#comment-797" rel="nofollow">James</a> :</strong> Have a strange problem with my laptop. When I use LANscan, two of the machines on my home network show up with the IP address my ISP assigned to me instead of the 192.168.1.xx. Any idea why? Thanks. </blockquote> Seems like it has something to do with Virtualbox. The problem goes away if I start virtualbox.

James :
Have a strange problem with my laptop. When I use LANscan, two of the machines on my home network show up with the IP address my ISP assigned to me instead of the 192.168.1.xx. Any idea why?
Thanks.

Seems like it has something to do with Virtualbox. The problem goes away if I start virtualbox.

]]> By: Scottie http://scottiestech.info/2009/02/14/how-to-determine-the-master-browser-in-a-windows-workgroup/comment-page-1/#comment-798 Scottie Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:12:00 +0000 http://baldur.com/scottiestech.info/?p=1#comment-798 Weird... I'm afraid I have no idea. Weird… I’m afraid I have no idea.

]]> By: James http://scottiestech.info/2009/02/14/how-to-determine-the-master-browser-in-a-windows-workgroup/comment-page-1/#comment-797 James Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:42:17 +0000 http://baldur.com/scottiestech.info/?p=1#comment-797 Have a strange problem with my laptop. When I use LANscan, two of the machines on my home network show up with the IP address my ISP assigned to me instead of the 192.168.1.xx. Any idea why? Thanks. Have a strange problem with my laptop. When I use LANscan, two of the machines on my home network show up with the IP address my ISP assigned to me instead of the 192.168.1.xx. Any idea why?
Thanks.

]]> By: Happytobehere http://scottiestech.info/2009/02/14/how-to-determine-the-master-browser-in-a-windows-workgroup/comment-page-1/#comment-777 Happytobehere Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:59:04 +0000 http://baldur.com/scottiestech.info/?p=1#comment-777 Hi Scottie. Hope you can help but maybe this is asking too much. Here is my problem. Like others I have situations where devices don't show up in networking. I notices that LANSCAN seems to make them "appear" but that could just be happenstance. That's not my big problem. My big problem is getting one of my W7 devices to see any of the XP devices. So my network has a WHS with a groupname of WORKGROUP (because when I change it it seems to hang). All the other devices have a groupname of SMITH. The devices consist of 4 XP/SP3, 1 Vista Home Premium, 3 W7 (1 Starter, 1 home Premium, 1 Ultimate). So first of all on the XP machines I can see all the devices (most of the time). LANSCAN gets a System error 53 (device not connected) with a 2107 error message too. I think this is because there are devices that have gone to sleep that it can't find any longer. The issue is with the W7 Ultimate machine. It's can't see ANY XP devices, only Vista and W7 and LANSCAN shows nothing just error message 6118. Any thoughts? Hi Scottie.

Hope you can help but maybe this is asking too much. Here is my problem. Like others I have situations where devices don’t show up in networking. I notices that LANSCAN seems to make them “appear” but that could just be happenstance. That’s not my big problem. My big problem is getting one of my W7 devices to see any of the XP devices.

So my network has a WHS with a groupname of WORKGROUP (because when I change it it seems to hang). All the other devices have a groupname of SMITH.

The devices consist of 4 XP/SP3, 1 Vista Home Premium, 3 W7 (1 Starter, 1 home Premium, 1 Ultimate).

So first of all on the XP machines I can see all the devices (most of the time). LANSCAN gets a System error 53 (device not connected) with a 2107 error message too. I think this is because there are devices that have gone to sleep that it can’t find any longer.

The issue is with the W7 Ultimate machine. It’s can’t see ANY XP devices, only Vista and W7 and LANSCAN shows nothing just error message 6118.

Any thoughts?

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