[pptp-server] Net Neighborhood is misbehavin'

[Cowles, Steve]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: robert [mailto:berzerke at swbell.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 10:02 PM
> To: Robert Dege
> Cc: pptp-server
> Subject: Re: [pptp-server] Net Neighborhood is misbehavin'
> 
> Yes, and that is the problem. From the 2.4 Kernel PPTPD Howto:
> 
> 5.10    Q: Browsing doesn't work.  How do I fix it?
> <snip>
>  
> A: Are *ANY* of the clients running more than one  protocol?
> From the Samba docs: "Every NetBIOS machine take part in a
> process of electing the LMB [Local Master Browser] (and DMB
> [Domain Master Browser]) every 15 minutes...The election
> process is "fought out" so to speak over every NetBIOS 
> network interface. In the case of a Windows 9x machine that 
> has both TCP/IP  and IPX installed and has NetBIOS enabled
> over both protocols the election will be decided over both
> protocols. As often happens, if the Windows 9x machine is
> the only one with both protocols then the LMB may be won on
> the NetBIOS interface over the IPX protocol. Samba will then
> lose the LMB role as Windows 9x will insist it knows who the
> LMB is. Samba will then cease to function as an LMB and thus
> browse list operation on all TCP/IP only machines will fail.
> 

I could be way off base here (its been a few years) but I seem to remember
having a similar problem as described above. To make a long story short, I
thought we fixed the problem by changing the binding order of the protocols
to give TCP/IP precedence. 

I just checked the MS site and couldn't find the article I remember reading,
but I seem to remember either editing a registry setting or (on NT) goto
network->properties->bindings and "move-up/move-down" the protocol binding
order.

Just a thought!

Steve Cowles