XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: usenet@andyburns.uk   
      
   Frank Slootweg wrote:   
      
   >    I have only a small network, mostly two computers and a NAS, so I know   
   > the NetBIOS names and can check things with nbtstat   
      
   On a large network, there will almost always be multiple domain   
   controllers (often with WINS installed) and due to higher votes, these   
   will tend to win subnet and domain master browser elections, giving   
   stability.   
      
   On small networks, there won't tend to be server versions of Windows,   
   just desktop versions, and possibly samba on NASes, and machines will be   
   "off" more of the time,therefore you don't get a stable master browser   
   hence unreliable NETBIOS name resolution, machines end-up trying broadcasts   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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