Re: Do I need WINS?

From: Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] (admin_at_nospam.WFTX.US)
Date: 07/01/04 

Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:32:19 -0500

In news:etReOA7XEHA.3156@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
Oli Restorick [MVP] <oli@mvps.org> posted a question
Then Kevin replied below:
> If you have 98 and NT4, you'll definitely need WINS.

Not necessarily WINS, you _will_ need NetBIOS with Win9x or NT4, WINS is
required by some applications, such as Network Places if you have multiple
subnets at different sites. WINS is more reliable than just depending on
NetBIOS broadcasts. 

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