On Wednesday 27 Aug 2003 15:23 pm, Charles Nahm wrote: > We are running a Windows LAN, what exactly is a "dreaded election"?
If you're using WINS to resolve names, one of the machines on the network must be a 'master browser' and hold the up to date list of machines. Every so often (I think it's every 15 minutes) one of the other machines will decide it needs to check if the master is OK, and if not, start a process to 'elect' a new master. This causes a packet storm. On slow or congeted networks this can be a pain. I'd suggest setting up ethereal, tcpdump or something and looking at the network trafic directly. - Tom C "Land of the free, home of the brave... you have to be brave to live there and enjoy the freedoms" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
