Get NetBIOS browser and PDC information.
NetBIOS was deprecated in Windows 2000 and above, BROWSTAT is not supported on Server 2008 R2.
Syntax
BROWSTAT option
Options:
BROWSTAT Dumpnet
BROWSTAT dn : Display the transports bound to browser
BROWSTAT GetPdc Transport Domain
BROWSTAT gp Transport Domain : List the PDC name (via NetBIOS)
BROWSTAT GetMaster Transport Domain
BROWSTAT gm Transport Domain : List the remote Master Browser name(via NetBIOS)
BROWSTAT Getblist Transport
BROWSTAT gb Transport : List the backup DNS Servers.
BROWSTAT ListWfw
BROWSTAT wfw : WindowsForWorkgroups servers running browser.
BROWSTAT Stats \\ServerName
BROWSTAT sts \\ServerName : List all browser statistics
BROWSTAT Status : Display Transport,Primary DNS
BROWSTAT sta and Backup DNS servers.
BROWSTAT Status -v domain : Verbose Status Display
BROWSTAT sta -v domain include Server OS and active browsers.
BROWSTAT Tickle
BROWSTAT Tic : Force remote master to stop.
BROWSTAT Elect
BROWSTAT el : Force election on remote domain
BROWSTAT View Transport
BROWSTAT vw Transport
BROWSTAT vw Transport ‹domain›
BROWSTAT vw Transport \\Server
BROWSTAT vw Transport \\‹Server› /DOMAIN ‹DomainToQuery›
The VIEW options can enumerate server services running across a server or domain. Other Browstat features will only work only within a single
network subnet. To span subnets/routers
across a domain, run browstat via psexec.
In the list displays, the following flags are used:
W = Workstation NT = Windows NT S = Server W95 = Windows95 SQL = SQLServer WFW = WindowsForWorkgroups SS = StandardServer MFPN= MS Netware PDC = PrimaryDomainController NV = Novell BDC = BackupDomainController XN = Xenix TS = Time Source MBC = Member Server PQ = Print Queue Server DL = Dial-in Server AFP = AFP Server OSF = OSF Server VMS = VMS Server PBR = Potential Browser BBR = Backup Browser, MBR = Master Browser DMB = DomainMaster Browser DFS = Distributed File System
Examples
Display transports:
C:\>browstat dn
List of transports currently bound to the browser
1 \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{B1AFFCA2-6410-4644-9FE7-BA6C274FD4F3}
List the backup DNS servers for transport #1:
C:\>browstat gb 1
Browser: \\PC00096
Browser: \\PC00082
List Print queues for transport #1:
C:\> BROWSTAT vw 1 |find "PQ"
“If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment” - Ernest Rutherford
Related:
Q188305 - Troubleshooting
the Browser Service.
DNSSTAT - DNS Statistics.
NETSTAT - Display networking statistics (TCP/IP).