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How do browse server elections take place?

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Pakman

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Let's say you have a small network and all the machines are booted at the same time. Is the master browse server selected at random? Or does the amount of ram, OS, processor have anything to do with the selection?
 
OS plays the part and who ever wins stays until a higher priority candidate comes along. Generally the newer and more server oriented MS OS the higher the priority and it will win.

Example:
95
98
NT 4.0 workstation
NT 4.0 server
2000 pro
2000 server

If all these were booted at the same time the 2000 server would win. I assume you are talking about the subnet master browser and not the DOMAIN master browser (which is a PDC in a win domain)

spidey
 
thank you kind sir.
One more quick question...

So, if a Win2k server (assume it's the PDC) was the master browse server, how many backup browse servers would it assign? And would it only assign it to machines with the same OS? Or would it assign 98 machines as backups as well?
 
see here:

MS browser

I believe there is only one domain master browser (PDC) and other backup domain master browsers. <---that covers domain masters.

Then you have master browsers and backup master browsers. There is one master browser for each IP subnet or broadcast domain. I think there are other backup browsers as well but not sure.

Good Luck, whatever moron came up with MS browsing needs to be shackled and wet whipped repeatedly for eternity😀
 
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