On 7/8/2010 4:00 PM, JohnS wrote:
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>> Windows name resolution has next to nothing to do with ip routing. If
>> your routing works you can make windows name resolution work over it,
>> but it isn't automatic.
>
> If it does not work then it want happen as in getting routed to the
> wins server. You agree on that right? If routing don't work then there
> is no wins resolution in effect. In other words we have to know where
> to go.
Yes, if your routing is broken or you firewall needed services between
subnets, lots of things will break.
>> Agreed, but putting a wins server on every subnet would be complicated -
>> and unnecessary.
>
> Yea could be a PITA. You know umm Winblows Serve, WINS Services can umm do multi SNs I do think.
> Now I may not me totally correct on that.
That's the whole point of using a WINS server. If you only have or care
about one subnet you can let broadcasts and the ad-hoc master browser
election do their thing. Current windows versions will also use DNS for
most name lookups but I don't know if you can use it to find a PDC.
Active Directory sort of hides the difference between netbios and DNS
names by combining them - and things get weird if don't put them on the
same server.
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Les Mikesell
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