[geeks] Windows 7 File & Printer Sharing Nightmare

[Dan Sikorski]

> On Jan 7, 2015, at 12:59 PM, Michael Parson <mparson at bl.org> wrote:
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> Sounds like the browse master gets confused.  SMB host resolution has
> little to do with DNS, you have to deal with this nonsense.
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>> Any clever ideas?
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> This might help:
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http://scottiestech.info/2009/02/14/how-to-determine-the-master-browser-in-a-
windows-workgroup/
>

If itbs a master browser election issue (which it certainly could be), you
should be also see some events in the event log on all workstations saying
that the master browser has gone offline and that an election is taking place.
If certain machines are causing problems with they are the master browser
(say, laptops that go on and off the network often), you can configure them to
not try to be the master browser.

Also, putting a small samba server on the network and configuring it to have a
higher oslevel could make sure that it is always the master browser when it is
online.