Which SMB is on my Network

Bree said:

No. That list was delivered to you by the Master Browser, you didn't actually contact any of the machines. Asking for a list of shares is 'contact', so for each machine listed by File Explorer in Network, right-click on it and select 'Open in new window' to show its shares - that's sufficient.

Thanks for the help , is it a good idea to still force one pc to be the Master Browser , haven't played in win10 much with that stuff.

Came across this thread cos My Surface 3 wasn't seeing other PC's on the network a few days ago , but of course today' it does :)

KB.

@Bree - That's it Bree. Thank you very much.
@Kbird - I came across some sites about if you should force MB. From what I read it depends. House A has 1-3 computers; here leave it. House B has 8 computers and a server; turn off and make sure the server is the MB. Not hardcoded, but the jist is along those lines.

Part of the discussion was here
Registry Hack to DISABLE Master Browser

Here was another
[SOLVED] NetBios - Master Browser - Windows 7 Forum - Spiceworks

Maybe this is for another thread?

Thank you to everyone

AirPower4ever said:

@Bree - That's it Bree. Thank you very much.
@Kbird - I came across some sites about if you should force MB. From what I read it depends. House A has 1-3 computers; here leave it. House B has 8 computers and a server; turn off and make sure the server is the MB. Not hardcoded, but the jist is along those lines.

Part of the discussion was here
Registry Hack to DISABLE Master Browser

Here was another
[SOLVED] NetBios - Master Browser - Windows 7 Forum - Spiceworks

Maybe this is for another thread?

Thank you to everyone

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Thanks for the Links AP I will have a look as I was thinking it was no longer necessary.

KB.

Mapping drives seems to be easier as I use Kodi and right off the bat the mapped drives are there to choose from. That is much easier than using the SMB way.

Thank you