samba - Dec 2005 - Removing stale host/workgroups in browse lists

I've got a moderate network with several subnets, a number of domains 
and workgroups. I have a central WINS server, each domain has its own 
PDC.  My problem is transient users. We have occasional users who plug a 
laptop into the network.  Once they leave, they hang around in Network 
Neighborhood forever.  Then I have users who curiously click on their 
icon in NN and their machine just sits there searching for the long gone 
host.

Is there any way to get rid of these stale hosts?  I've deleted the 
browser.dat and wins.dat files on the PDCs and WINS server, but 
everything comes right back in a few minutes.  Eventually (like six 
months) these things go away.  But, if there is a fairly easy way to 
clean them out, I'd like to do it.

Thanks,
Michael

Hi,
I really don't now how to get rid of them I just know that Microsoft  
does not see browsing as a prioritised task and therefore does not  
update the lists instantly.

If you have any luck. Please let us know.

//Henrik

20 dec 2005 kl. 22:35 skrev Michael Barnes:
> I've got a moderate network with several subnets, a number of  
> domains and workgroups. I have a central WINS server, each domain  
> has its own PDC.  My problem is transient users. We have occasional  
> users who plug a laptop into the network.  Once they leave, they  
> hang around in Network Neighborhood forever.  Then I have users who  
> curiously click on their icon in NN and their machine just sits  
> there searching for the long gone host.
>
> Is there any way to get rid of these stale hosts?  I've deleted the  
> browser.dat and wins.dat files on the PDCs and WINS server, but  
> everything comes right back in a few minutes.  Eventually (like six  
> months) these things go away.  But, if there is a fairly easy way  
> to clean them out, I'd like to do it.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
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