Problem with "master browser" and "browser" on single Win 2003 SBS
We have a customer with a single Windows 2003 SBS. It is the only existing server in the organisation.
This server is more or less installed the "standard way". The server runs Active Directory, act as file server, Exchange server and a few more thing.
Clients have som strange problems with lost connectivity to the server, like loosing the file shares and similar things for a while, then suddenly it works again. Network connectivity (i.e. "ping servername") is fine, quick and no lost packets at all). I think this problem is due to something with the browser service at the server.
During boot, the following three events are logged:
1. Event-ID 8015. Source: BROWSER
Description: The browser has forced an election on network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{7E112
2. EventID: 8027 Source: MRxSmb
Descr: The browser running on the Domain Controller has lost an election. The computer that won the election is VINGA, on the transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{7E112
The data contains the election version, election criteria, and remote computer time up, and the same information for the current computer.
3. EventID: 8005 Soruce MRxSmb
Descr: The browser has received a server announcement indicating that the computer VINGA is a master browser, but this computer is not a master browser.
Please point me in the right direction of how to get this right.
Thanks in advance
// Martin
This server is more or less installed the "standard way". The server runs Active Directory, act as file server, Exchange server and a few more thing.
Clients have som strange problems with lost connectivity to the server, like loosing the file shares and similar things for a while, then suddenly it works again. Network connectivity (i.e. "ping servername") is fine, quick and no lost packets at all). I think this problem is due to something with the browser service at the server.
During boot, the following three events are logged:
1. Event-ID 8015. Source: BROWSER
Description: The browser has forced an election on network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{7E112
2. EventID: 8027 Source: MRxSmb
Descr: The browser running on the Domain Controller has lost an election. The computer that won the election is VINGA, on the transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{7E112
The data contains the election version, election criteria, and remote computer time up, and the same information for the current computer.
3. EventID: 8005 Soruce MRxSmb
Descr: The browser has received a server announcement indicating that the computer VINGA is a master browser, but this computer is not a master browser.
Please point me in the right direction of how to get this right.
Thanks in advance
// Martin
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We had the same issue in our network
The master browser is chosen randomly (by elections)
In my network for some reason my Windows XP machine was becoming the master browser and not one of the 7 different servers that we had.
I don't know the reason but the problem was solved by stopping the Computer Browser on my machine.
The master browser is chosen randomly (by elections)
In my network for some reason my Windows XP machine was becoming the master browser and not one of the 7 different servers that we had.
I don't know the reason but the problem was solved by stopping the Computer Browser on my machine.
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I will turn off the browser on the client, but as I wrote above, the message on the server is all about that the server itself (named VINGA) is trying to do things internally but are not allowed.
So basically, what I would like to do is to tell my server that it is "everything", i.ex. master browser, PDC and whatever it could be.
It seem to try to register the browser functionality at itself but fail.
So basically, what I would like to do is to tell my server that it is "everything", i.ex. master browser, PDC and whatever it could be.
It seem to try to register the browser functionality at itself but fail.
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this post also has related issues.
have a look at this if u can
http://www.itnewsgroups.net/group/microsoft.public.windows.server.networking/topic3776.aspx
have a look at this if u can
http://www.itnewsgroups.net/group/microsoft.public.windows.server.networking/topic3776.aspx
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The problem is solved. I had dual NIC but only one was enabled.
The problem was probably due to network problems, the NIC had VLAN:s enabled and that caused several network problems. THe VLAN:s are now removed (we made a more simple solution).
Thanks everybody for your suggestions.
// Martin
The problem was probably due to network problems, the NIC had VLAN:s enabled and that caused several network problems. THe VLAN:s are now removed (we made a more simple solution).
Thanks everybody for your suggestions.
// Martin
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As I said, the problem is not the messages themself, but the fact that the client has big problems with lost connectivity to the shares and similar stuff.
I could disable the browser on the client but I dont think this will do it in my situation.
Regards
Martin