Forced an election..?

[Kent J]

Hi all,

I have a wireless network with a router and I'm getting this in my
eventviewer:

"The browser has forced an election on network
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{D573F055-52E6-46EA-ACA1-375F17F009A4} because a
master browser was stopped."

My network adapter loses the contact with the network after between 30
sec to 1 min.

What can be wrong?


Kent J.

 

[Phillip Windell]

If a PC does not "see" a Master Browser on the Network it will start and
Election and try to become the Master Browser.

Possible:
The WIndows Firewall, if running on the machine, has been known at times to
prevent the Master Browser from being "seen" which triggers and Election.
Every PC on the LAN that doesn't see a Master Browser for a period of time
may do this, which leaves "everybody" trying to be the Master Browser,...yet
their can only be one,... and it needs to be one that is either always on,
or at least on more often than the others.


188305 - Troubleshooting the Microsoft Computer Browser Service
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;188305

191611 - Symptoms of Multihomed Browsers
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;191611

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Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.

 

[Kent J]

Hi Phillip,

I had no Windows firewall enabled.

One of the articles suggested that:
"To prevent multihomed Microsoft Windows NT servers from becoming
browser servers, follow these steps...turn off the service Computer
browser":

I've tried turn off the service called "Computer browser" but this
didn't solve my problem. This service is supposed to:
"Maintain a updated list of computers on the network.."
after I turned if off I can still see all computers on the network.
So I guess I don't need that service running.

What really helped, but I don't understand why, is that I got myself a
network adapter that I connected from my router to my powerline circuit
and a second adapter from the powerline to a client with the weakest
wireless signal. I can see from my eventviewer that my wireless adapter
is connected all the time and the client is happier than before.

Kent J.




Phillip Windell skrev:

 

[Phillip Windell]

What really helped, but I don't understand why, is that I got myself a
network adapter that I connected from my router to my powerline circuit
and a second adapter from the powerline to a client with the weakest
wireless signal. I can see from my eventviewer that my wireless adapter is
connected all the time and the client is happier than before.

Yes that is very likely why.
Mulit-homing any machine is always a bad thing unless it is operating as a
LAN Router of a NAT Firewall Device (like ICS). Having more than one nic
doesn't make it "multi-homed" (most laptops have two),..it is having both
active at the same time that makes them multi-homed. And then having two
active at the same time on the same network is even worse.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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