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?
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Les Mikesell
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