On 7/8/2010 2:43 PM, JohnS wrote:
WINS is a broadcast based protocol and thus it only works on the local network and each subnet/network MUST necessarily have master browser elections. The WINS server on each subnet would serve as a clearing house for name resolution for each subnet/network. That is clearly not working for him just from that error message.
Errr, no. WINS is a server at a specified and routable IP address where the subnet master browsers send their lists periodically. Normally you'd have your DHCP server hand out the wins server address and manually configure it on machines with static IPs. The point of using WINS is to have one server that knows all of your windows name/address mappings.
Correct and Not Correct... How about that? There really is no right or wrong in either of you twos answer. The right way is Wins on every SN to pass to the MB. That's my opinion.
So what do you do on a VPN connection that is configured to not be on the same subnet as any server? Or subnets where there is no windows-related service at all but you might plug in a client?