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OK - I've been having some major network issues, mostly with voice traffic that goes through my data network. &nbsp;So, I decided to do a good old packet capture with wireshark. &nbsp;So, one thing I found is that I have a unit out there that seems to be flooding my network with &quot;Master Browser Requests&quot;. &nbsp;We're talking hundreds and hundreds of packets at a time. &nbsp;<br />
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After doing a nbtstat -a to the IP I found that it is a Mac OS X unit that 's causing the issue. &nbsp;How can I turn this off? &nbsp;Driving me insane!
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OK - I've been having some major network issues, mostly with voice traffic that goes through my data network.  So, I decided to do a good old packet capture with wireshark.  So, one thing I found is that I have a unit out there that seems to be flooding my network with "Master Browser Requests".  We're talking hundreds and hundreds of packets at a time.  

After doing a nbtstat -a to the IP I found that it is a Mac OS X unit that 's causing the issue.  How can I turn this off?  Driving me insane!

Master Browser Election - OS X

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TCP/IP

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Apple Networking

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