In Windows NT and Windows 2000, a Time Source Server advertises through the browser. You can see how
this works by using BROWSTAT from the Resource Kit.
NOTE: The W2K Resource Kit didn't have BROWSTAT, but it should be available in the next release. I used the NT 4.0 version on W2K for these examples.
As the Time Source Server advertises on each transport, we first must issue a:
BROWSTAT STATUS \[-v\] \[Domain\]
to get a list of transports. Here is a sample from my domain:
C:\>browstat status -v JSIINC Status for domain JSIINC on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_\{5CC729D2-3615-483D-BA48-D4142D277CA6\} Browsing is active on domain. Master browser name is: JSI001 Master browser is running build 2195 There are 3 servers in domain JSIINC on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_\{5CC729D2-3615-483D-BA48-D4142D277CA6\} Number of NT Advanced Servers: 1 Number of OS/2 Domain controllers: 0 Number of Windows For Workgroups machines: 0 Number of Os/2 machines: 0 Number of NT machines: 3 Number of active WfW browsers: 0 Number of browsers: 3 Number of backup browsers: 0 Number of master browsers: 1 There are 1 domains in domain JSIINC on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_\{5CC729D2-3615-483D-BA48-D4142D277CA6\}NOTE: Each transport will have a similar listing.
For each transport:
BROWSTAT VIEW <transport>
Example:
C:\>browstat view \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_\{5CC729D2-3615-483D-BA48-D4142D277CA6\} Remoting NetServerEnum to \\JSI001 on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_\{5CC729D2-3615-483D-BA48-D4142D277CA6\} with flags ffffffff 3 entries returned. 3 total. 20 milliseconds \\JSI001 NT 05.00 (W,S,PDC,TS,PQ,NT,MBR) \\JSI005 NT 05.00 (W,S,SQL,NT,PBR) \\JSI009 NT 04.00 (W,S,PQ,NT,PBR)The Time Source Server is advertising itself with the TS service indicator.
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