Free Windows Help Tutorials sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org /title> <META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=ISO 8859-1"> <META name="description" Content="Hundreds of downloadable Windows help tutorials, articles and how-to guides sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org."><style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=#999999 vlink=blue link=blue> <span name = "INTRA" class="pg" style="top:0px; left:5px; width:714px; height:1010px"></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:0px; left:5px; height:1010px; width:714px' class='img'> <img src="pg0002im.png" height = "1010 width = "714" border="0"> </span> <span class='nav' style='left: 10px; top: 10px'><pre></pre></span><span name = "INTRA" style='top:48px; left:520px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>How to Speed up Your Network</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:88px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>the upper layer protocol Server Message Block underlying the system, resource</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:101px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>location is dependent on computers known as browsers . The browsing mecha </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:114px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>nism is a significant consumer of LAN resources and any attempt to reduce</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:127px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>browser traffic will deliver improved LAN performance. Note that, latterly,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:139px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'> browser has two meanings, the more current and popular one being applied to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:152px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>World Wide Web clients. In this article, browser refers to the particular com </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:165px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>puter role as defined in Microsoft networking.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:191px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Browsers</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:213px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>A Windows network (typically a single subnet or segment) in a stable state has</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:226px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>one computer called the Master Browser or Browse Master (Microsoft itself does</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:239px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>not use one term consistently in its documentation), and one or more Backup</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:252px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Browsers. The role of the Master Browser is to collect the NetBIOS names of all</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:264px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>computers on the subnet offering shared resources, and to forward a list of those</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:277px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>names to the Backup Browsers. A Backup Browser's role is to keep this list of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:290px; left:247px' class="ft0