![]() My Win 7 or a later Win 8 never became a MB again. How to Determine the Master Browser in a Windows Workgroup | Scottie's Tech.InfoĪ year or so later I connected an HD to my Asus router, and I had to turn on Samba share in router controls, and lo and behold, I found that my router had become the master browser – and it is a permanent Master Browser as long as the router is always on (and it is) and my WDTV MB issues disappeared. I have recommended this in all sorts of forums here. I found an explanation about master browser at link below, as well as a handy dandy free program called LanScan that shows you what Win PC or device is the master browser (If any). I would lose network shares, and as it turned out, lots of others did too. It first began when I added a WDTV to my gadget collection. The Master Browser has been an issue for me in the past causing all sorts of problems. OK, that’s the gist of this, so based upon what you are seeing on your PCs and other devices, draw your conclusions, The Infuse video app is one that sees it (and other devices) both ways. Same with my Kindle tablets’ – apps see it one way or the other. On my iGadgets (phone and Pad) I have apps that see it either way, and most of them only see it one way, but not both. I don’t see this as a problem, since as shares is my preferred way to see things, because I can see it all. On my Win 7 PC, the NAS is only seen as a share for some reason. Under Network I see the nice and familiar folder and file structure and can see anything on NAS. Now, how does this play out on a PC? In the the Win8’s File Explorer, under Computer, I see the NAS and the display shows folders for Music, Photos and Video – no other file structure, so this is where the NAS is seen as a server. Same file either way, but handled differently. Under the Network Shares I see a file structure as I do on a PC Both are handled differently by the WDTV, since the same file is served (pushed) from the NAS to the WDTV, whereas the Shares are pulled from the server for playing. I see Media folders/files such as music, photos and video folder categories. Under the WDTV’s Media Servers, I can see my computers (which act as servers) and the DL2100. The best place to see this right away is on a WDTV, which can show it as both, depending upon menu viewed. The EX/DL series NAS can be both a Media Server (with DLNA setting ON) and a Network Share. ![]() UPDATE : v2.01 is out.Well, I will tell you what I see regarding my DL2100 on my Win 8.1 and Win 7 laptops and WDTV media players, as well as on mobile devices I have, and you can draw your own conclusions. ![]() Some printers will also show their name as “–” if they are in sleep mode.Īs usual, LANscanner v2.0 speaks English, Spanish, French, German, Swedish, Polish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Japanese, Dutch, and Czech. -s = silence the printing of selected command-line optionsĪlso, note that the arp command will also see things like networked printers, NAS devices, and even your home router – although the router will probably not show up since it’s usually the default gateway, and the default gateway is ignored by LANscanner v2.0 (use -g option to include it).įinally, not all networked gizmos like printers and NASes have a workgroup set, so those fields might be blank in the results.-nodeip = Specify the IP of the network adapter you want to scan from in the case of multiple network adapters (including VirtualBox Host Only Network adapter).-m = Only displays the MASTER browsers found.-n = Suppress the “Press any key to exit…” message at the end.-e WORKGROUP = Scan all workgroups except WORKGROUP.-w WORKGROUP = Scan only the workgroup called WORKGROUP.-ip = Sort output by IP addy instead of puter name.Note that because LANscanner 2.0 works differently than v1.68, you may want to stick with v1.68 if you’re still using an older version of Windows. ![]()
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