BROWSTAT - Get domain, browser and PDC info - Windows CMD Commands
Get domain, browser and PDC info.
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"
Category: Others, Windows CMD Commands
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