Slow Network

Time after time I set up a network only to find that the computers don't
"see" each other in the workgroup - at least not right away. Just yesterday
it happened again where I had to wait for over 10 minutes for a network list
of computers to show up.

This is a huge time-waster and makes for very inefficient networking
configuration work.

I've surely read about the Master Browser and have tried some "tricks" that
don't seem to do much.

Has this been discussed, suggested as needing a fix, etc? I view this as a
major limitation because I have to deal with it all the time in small
networks.

Last time I asked, nobody answered. So, I've changed the question a bit.

Thanks,

Fred