NET WHO Broadcasts Can Be Disabled to Reduce Traffic (98832)
This article was previously published under Q98832
SUMMARY
To allow more flexibility in reducing broadcast traffic, you can disable
the NET WHO data collection feature on Microsoft LAN Manager server
versions 2.1a and later.
To keep track of currently logged on users, the primary domain controller
walks a list of them every 15 minutes, sending out a datagram to each name.
The datagram is a multicast (NetBEUI) or broadcast (TCP/IP) packet directed
to a specific name. On networks where broadcast traffic is a concern,
(especially those using TCP/IP Extensions for LAN Manager), it may be
worthwhile to disable this feature if it isn't needed for administrative
purposes.
To disable NET WHO, add the following to LANMAN.INI on the primary domain
controller:
[netlogon]
netwho=no
Clients still can type NET WHO, but they no longer see accurate lists of
who is logged onto the network.
| Modification Type: |
Major |
Last Reviewed: |
7/30/2001 |
| Keywords: |
KB98832 |
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