BROWSTAT.exe (NT4/2000 Resource Kit)

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 commands

Q188305 - Troubleshooting the Browser Service.
DNSSTAT - DNS Statistics.
NETSTAT - Display networking statistics (TCP/IP).