dump browse list

Hi,

I've a WINS server and the big problem that all network neighbourhoods
just keep empty!!!

I'd like to debug the WINS server/the problem now.

Is there any way to retrieve the browse list, I mean, the list of
computers as seen in the network neighbourhood for a domain??

192.168.200.121 is my WINS server, HOME is my domain.

I try

nblookup /s 192.168.200.121 /x 00 HOME

and i get no result!

C:\>nblookup /nr /s 192.168.200.121 /x 00 HAMMLER

Recursion is off

Querying WINS Server: 192.168.200.121
NetBIOS Name: HOME
Suffix: 00

Name returned: HOME
IP Address: 192.168.200.121

Shouldn't this command not dump a list of *all* computers in the domain,
not just the domain itself?


Another try is browstat.exe:

C:\>browstat VIEW \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{CFE1851D-F469-482D-8682-
2137FEF1FF3E}
Remoting NetServerEnum to \\NOBAQ on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_
{CFE1851D-F46
9-482D-8682-2137FEF1FF3E} with flags ffffffff
0 entries returned. 0 total. 20 milliseconds

C:\>browstat VIEW \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{CFE1851D-F469-482D-8682-
2137FEF1FF3E} HOME
MLER
Remoting NetServerEnum to \\NOBAQ on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_
{CFE1851D-F46
9-482D-8682-2137FEF1FF3E} with flags ffffffff
0 entries returned. 0 total. 10 milliseconds



How can I debug the browsing list??

I'm getting mad because nothing works :-(


Thanks a lot for your help!

Peter

The WINS server does not build or store the browse list. That is the job
of the computer browser service. You are on the right track using browstat .

Are all these machines on the same LAN segment? Do you have any
multihomed servers? What do you get from a "browstat getmaster 1 home" ?
(Note that that is a "one" not a lowercase "ell" ).

Peter Mairhofer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've a WINS server and the big problem that all network neighbourhoods
> just keep empty!!!
>
> I'd like to debug the WINS server/the problem now.
>
> Is there any way to retrieve the browse list, I mean, the list of
> computers as seen in the network neighbourhood for a domain??
>
> 192.168.200.121 is my WINS server, HOME is my domain.
>
> I try
>
> nblookup /s 192.168.200.121 /x 00 HOME
>
> and i get no result!
>
> C:\>nblookup /nr /s 192.168.200.121 /x 00 HAMMLER
>
> Recursion is off
>
> Querying WINS Server: 192.168.200.121
> NetBIOS Name: HOME
> Suffix: 00
>
> Name returned: HOME
> IP Address: 192.168.200.121
>
> Shouldn't this command not dump a list of *all* computers in the
> domain, not just the domain itself?
>
>
> Another try is browstat.exe:
>
> C:\>browstat VIEW \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{CFE1851D-F469-482D-8682-
> 2137FEF1FF3E}
> Remoting NetServerEnum to \\NOBAQ on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_
> {CFE1851D-F46
> 9-482D-8682-2137FEF1FF3E} with flags ffffffff
> 0 entries returned. 0 total. 20 milliseconds
>
> C:\>browstat VIEW \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{CFE1851D-F469-482D-8682-
> 2137FEF1FF3E} HOME
> MLER
> Remoting NetServerEnum to \\NOBAQ on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_
> {CFE1851D-F46
> 9-482D-8682-2137FEF1FF3E} with flags ffffffff
> 0 entries returned. 0 total. 10 milliseconds
>
>
>
> How can I debug the browsing list??
>
> I'm getting mad because nothing works :-(
>
>
> Thanks a lot for your help!
>
> Peter

Yes but WINS only aids in the browse process by providing
NetBIOS names which identify master browsers.

Open a dos prompt and run net view. The output you see is
is pulled from the browse list.

"Peter Mairhofer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:
> Hi,
>
> I've a WINS server and the big problem that all network neighbourhoods
> just keep empty!!!
>
> I'd like to debug the WINS server/the problem now.
>
> Is there any way to retrieve the browse list, I mean, the list of
> computers as seen in the network neighbourhood for a domain??
>
>