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3.1.5.3 Sending a RequestElection Frame

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To force an election, the client MUST send a RequestElection frame as specified in section 2.2.3.  The RequestElection Browser Frame MUST be sent by issuing a mailslot write as specified in [MS-MAIL]  section 3.1.4.1 with the following parameters:

Parameter name

Value

NetBIOS name of the remote server

<Machine Group Name>[0x1E]

Mailslot name

\MAILSLOT\BROWSE

Data

RequestElection as specified in section 2.2.3.

The server SHOULD ignore the error even if the send fails.