Subj : Slow network browsing?
To   : Jeff Guerdat
From : Stewart Honsberger
Date : Sat Dec 08 2001 05:41 am

Hello Jeff!

Dec 07 2001 07:37, Jeff Guerdat wrote to Stewart Honsberger:

 SH>>It even takes a lot time on the second browse of a workgroup. ie: I 
 SH>>browse the "smokey" workgroup, close "Network Neighborhood", re-
 SH>>open it, try to browse "smokey" again and I have to wait as
 SH>>much as 30 seconds to a full minute.

 JG> It may well be that you're forcing a browser election.

Really?

I see no way to alter Win2kPro's OS level. Do you know how I could do this?

Many of the networks I experience problems on, BTW, are pure Win'98SE.

 JG> I've set up my Samba server at work to have a higher OS level to force
 JG> it to be the browse master so other machines that may get rebooted,
 JG> turned off, etc. don't become the master only to have it disappear.

My Samba server at home is set to '65', which is said to "beat any Windows 2000 
machine".

 JG> If you have the ability/permissions to do so, try turning off all the
 JG> automatic broswe master settings except for one NT/W2K machine (server
 JG> preferred)...

I would, if it could be isolated to an election situation. :<

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