[Samba] smbclient doesn't get browse list from XP master browser

[Paul Galbraith]

I've spent hours searching the archives and online documentation, but 
still haven't been able to find the answer to my browse problem; I hope 
someone here can help.  I'm trying to get smbclient to show the browse 
list from a windows xp machine that's the master browser on my subnet.

I have a very simple home network (single subnet).  My workgroup is 
'arda'.  My windows xp machine is 'a7v333' and has been elected as the 
master browser (exactly as I want).  From my linux machine, I use 
nmblookup like this:

        nmblookup -M -S arda
and I get this result, showing my XP machine as the master browser:
        querying arda on 192.168.3.255
        192.168.3.100 arda<1d>
        Looking up status of 192.168.3.100
        A7V333          <00> -         B <ACTIVE>
        ARDA            <00> - <GROUP> B <ACTIVE>
        A7V333          <20> -         B <ACTIVE>
        ARDA            <1e> - <GROUP> B <ACTIVE>
        ARDA            <1d> -         B <ACTIVE>
        ..__MSBROWSE__. <01> - <GROUP> B <ACTIVE>
        MAC Address = 00-04-76-E5-A2-EB
then I run smbclient (3.0.10):
        smbclient -N -L a7v333
and this is the result:
        Domain=[A7V333] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
        IPC$            IPC       Remote IPC
        print$          Disk      Printer Drivers
        SharedDocs      Disk
        software        Disk
        Printer         Printer   hp photosmart P1100 series
        Domain=[A7V333] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
        Server               Comment
        ---------            -------
        Workgroup            Master
        ---------            -------
Another windows machine on the subnet can browse through "network 
neighbourhood", so I'm surprised that smbclient doesn't get the browse 
list.  Does anyone know why this could be?

Also, I'm surprised to see the computer name showing up where the domain 
(workgroup?) should be shown.  (The workgroup / computer name are 
correctly configured as "arda" / "a7v333".)

Paul
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