Similar to another thread, is there any way of forcing my EX2100 to become “master browser”…it is the only device that is on 24/7 and I seem to experience considerable delays whilst the PC & laptops continually fight between themselves to become master depending on which is powered up first.
Ideally the EX should be master and remain so when everything else is powered down
There is a “Local Master Browser” on/off switch under Settings/Network Windows services. You can try that. I’m more concerned that you used “whilst” in a sentence. LOL
I did try that but it did not appear to work – the NAS never became “master”
Where did I use “whilst” 
?
Apparently this feature does not work. (Thanks, WD!)
Another guy had a similar issue, and I helped him by suggesting he get his Asus router to be the master browser. Our conversation went on forever as one thing led to another, so if it interests you feel free to read it further, but the gist of your issue is dealt with first in this thread;
Here is a link that has helped a lot of people with master browser issues, and great little program that is very handy to check on your master browser.
Thanks for your reply but “this feature does not work” is not good
enough… it was one of the reasons for purchasing this particular NAS
drive !
Surely as it is a feature that is provided in the build it cannot be that
difficult to sort ?
David
David, I am a user, NOT WD support. I am just telling you others could not get it to work, so if you need more info, contact WD Support.
Maybe I am wrong, and so was the other user who could not get it to work, and he contacted WD for assist. Good luck with it, and if you do get it to work, please let users here know.
Appreciate that - if (IF !) I get it to work the forum will of course be
the first (well, the second) to know :)
Does any of this mean anything ?
PANIC (pid 6113): num_bytes too large: 4294966797
root@WDMyCloudEX2100 root # cd /var/log/samba
root@WDMyCloudEX2100 samba # cat log.smbd
[2016/07/29 23:19:47, 0] smbd/server.c:1201(main)
smbd version 4.0.9 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2012
[2016/07/29 23:20:12.070277, 0] lib/util.c:810(smb_panic_s3)
PANIC (pid 6109): num_bytes too large: 4294966797
[2016/07/29 23:20:12.093366, 0] lib/util.c:921(log_stack_trace)
BACKTRACE: 26 stack frames:
#0 smbd(log_stack_trace+0x24) [0x65e8b0]
#1 smbd(smb_panic_s3+0x9c) [0x65e688]
#2 smbd(smb_panic+0x38) [0x649e0c]
#3 smbd() [0x19e710]
#4 smbd(reply_outbuf+0x44) [0x19e824]
#5 smbd(send_trans_reply+0x188) [0xf0d28]
#6 smbd(api_reply+0x710) [0x10a840]
#7 smbd() [0xf2a54]
#8 smbd() [0xf3040]
#9 smbd(reply_trans+0xef0) [0xf408c]
#10 smbd() [0x19f5d4]
#11 smbd() [0x19f858]
#12 smbd() [0x1a0bf4]
#13 smbd() [0x1a2508]
#14 smbd() [0x1a25b4]
#15 smbd(run_events_poll+0x63c) [0x6776f0]
#16 smbd() [0x677a60]
#17 smbd(_tevent_loop_once+0x118) [0xbadb88]
#18 smbd(smbd_process+0x1670) [0x1a6828]
#19 smbd() [0xb9d8b0]
#20 smbd(run_events_poll+0x63c) [0x6776f0]
#21 smbd() [0x677a60]
#22 smbd(_tevent_loop_once+0x118) [0xbadb88]
#23 smbd() [0xb9e758]
#24 smbd(main+0x1c14) [0xba056c]
#25 /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xa1) [0xb678efbe]
[2016/07/29 23:20:12.094172, 0] lib/dumpcore.c:317(dump_core)
dumping core in /var/log/samba/cores/smbd
[2016/07/29 23:20:12.941142, 0] lib/util.c:810(smb_panic_s3)
PANIC (pid 6113): num_bytes too large: 4294966797
[2016/07/29 23:20:12.946370, 0] lib/util.c:921(log_stack_trace)
BACKTRACE: 26 stack frames:
#0 smbd(log_stack_trace+0x24) [0x65e8b0]
#1 smbd(smb_panic_s3+0x9c) [0x65e688]
#2 smbd(smb_panic+0x38) [0x649e0c]
#3 smbd() [0x19e710]
#4 smbd(reply_outbuf+0x44) [0x19e824]
#5 smbd(send_trans_reply+0x188) [0xf0d28]
#6 smbd(api_reply+0x710) [0x10a840]
#7 smbd() [0xf2a54]
#8 smbd() [0xf3040]
#9 smbd(reply_trans+0xef0) [0xf408c]
#10 smbd() [0x19f5d4]
#11 smbd() [0x19f858]
#12 smbd() [0x1a0bf4]
#13 smbd() [0x1a2508]
#14 smbd() [0x1a25b4]
#15 smbd(run_events_poll+0x63c) [0x6776f0]
#16 smbd() [0x677a60]
#17 smbd(_tevent_loop_once+0x118) [0xbadb88]
#18 smbd(smbd_process+0x1670) [0x1a6828]
#19 smbd() [0xb9d8b0]
#20 smbd(run_events_poll+0x63c) [0x6776f0]
#21 smbd() [0x677a60]
#22 smbd(_tevent_loop_once+0x118) [0xbadb88]
#23 smbd() [0xb9e758]
#24 smbd(main+0x1c14) [0xba056c]
#25 /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xa1) [0xb678efbe]
[2016/07/29 23:20:12.947184, 0] lib/dumpcore.c:317(dump_core)
dumping core in /var/log/samba/cores/smbd
root@WDMyCloudEX2100 samba #
root@WDMyCloudEX2100 samba #
means nothing to me in the context of what we discussed.
OK, just wondered whether it might indicate a problem that would lead to
the issue I have
Like I suggested, check with WD support.
Does your router have the feature to be the MB? Mine did, but it was never described that way. It is an Asus router. a few years ago, I turned on the SMB feature of the router and was delighted to discover that my router became the MB and has been ever since. Try something like this on your router – you never know what might happen.
