arning@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de
1999-Nov-24 21:26 UTC
How does windows do cross-subnet browsing ???
Hello, I guess the question in the subject is not very clear, but what I want to ask is: When a windows box wants to access a workgroup that has no local-mastor on the subnet of the windows box, how does it proceed ??? My logical guess is that windows acts as a local master (if it finds none on the subnet) when it talks to the domain-master (queried from the WINS) to get the browse-list. Am I right ??? What could be the problem if I get a error message saying it couldn't find the share or computer with the given name, and suggests checking the spelling and trying again, when I click on the workgroup (wich is rightly listed in NN). Every computer are using the same WINS and all the domain-masters are listed there. One more question: Can a router act as a local-mastor on one interface (eth0) only, and correctly communicate with the domain-master wich is on an other interface (eth1) ?? Thanks advance, Arni Ingimundaron arning@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de
I hope I understand your question, and I hope my explanation is what you are looking for. Every subnet in a Windows environment has at least one local master browser for the subnet. The job of this machine is to maintain the browse list for the subnet and to distribute it as it is requested. Every 15 minutes or so the local master browser sends it's browse list to the domain master browser (usually the PDC). At this point the domain master now knows about that specifc subnet. The domain master broswser also sends it's master broswe list to the local master browser. This occurs for each subnet, therefore each local master browser knows about each other subnet, even though that data is likely at least a half hour old! That said, I believe your understanding was correct, however I wanted to make sure! This is also well documented in a series of Microsoft Q ariticles that can be found at support.microsoft.com. Sorry, the specific numbers elude me at the moment. On Thu, 25 Nov 1999 arning@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de wrote:> Hello, > > I guess the question in the subject is not very clear, but what I want to > ask is: > > When a windows box wants to access a workgroup that has no local-mastor on > the subnet of the windows box, how does it proceed ??? > > My logical guess is that windows acts as a local master (if it finds > none on the subnet) when it talks to the domain-master (queried from the > WINS) to get the browse-list. Am I right ??? > > What could be the problem if I get a error message saying it couldn't find > the share or computer with the given name, and suggests checking the > spelling and trying again, when I click on the workgroup (wich is rightly > listed in NN). > > Every computer are using the same WINS and all the domain-masters are listed > there. > > > One more question: > > Can a router act as a local-mastor on one interface (eth0) only, and correctly > communicate with the domain-master wich is on an other interface (eth1) ?? > > > Thanks advance, > > Arni Ingimundaron > arning@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de >