edit to add: Saw previous response, and yes, *if* you need to maintain a browse list, you need at least one browser service running per LAN segment/subnet
_____ From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 7:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Computer Browser service for clarification, the broswer service maintains the 'browse list', and the machine *chosen* as 'master browser' by autonomous election is supposed to work based on heirarchy of OS version and then performance response... the browser service on a client has NOTHING to do with a client's ability to access the browse list. And VLAN-ing should have no bearing on needing or not needing the browse list. _____ From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 12:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Computer Browser service Thanks for all the replies, This would go without saying that Windows 2000 and later *servers* that are domain members can get away with the browser service being off as well, yes? Does VLAN-ing have any effect here? From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Computer Browser service You using AD clients on these boxen ? As long as they don't need the old WINS/NT4 domain logins and Netbios objects you're good, and I don't think that GPO has *any* effect on them No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.2/1389 - Release Date: 4/21/2008 8:34 AM ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
