Re: WINS & VLANS

Tech Tip: Click here to run a free scan for Windows Errors and optimize PC performance

From: B3 (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/24/04 

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:53:30 -0700

I installed WINS on a seperate box with just one NIC -
Windows 95 clients still cannot logon to AD!!!

>-----Original Message-----
>Who said anything about it being a DC? Number one rule:
do not run WINS on
>a box with more than one NIC or IP address. You're free
to ignore that
>advice if you wish. If you want your network to work
properly, though, just
>run with it.
>
>Oli
>
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:201a301c45937$ea65f400$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> Which means, I'll have to have one more Win2K DC
installed
>> on the network just running WINS???
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>You cannot do this with a WINS server and expect it to
>> work. Netbios can
>>>only bind to one interface and one day it will be one
and
>> the next it will
>>>be the other. You may try playing with the binding order
>> but this could be a
>>>headache. Do yourself a favor and put WINS on a box with
>> one nic.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Scott Harding
>>>MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
>>>Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server
>>>
>
>
>.
>

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Change local cached domain user password
    ... Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon ... Determines whether Windows XP waits for the network during computer startup ... Group Policy is applied in the ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
  • Re: Mapped F Drive - group policy update problem
    ... where is the fast optimization group policy that you ... Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon ... Determines whether Windows XP waits for the network during computer startup ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
  • Re: Problem using folder redirection and TweakUI automatic logon
    ... my understanding on this issue is: the Windows logon ... the network to be fully initialized during startup and the logon process. ... logon] group policy to disable fast logon feature to test: ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Change local cached domain user password
    ... Use this policy! ... Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon ... Determines whether Windows XP waits for the network during computer startup ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
  • SAMBA Authentication Problem
    ... University's Windows network. ... Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too ... # per user logon script ...
    (Fedora)