Re: WINS needed in 2003?


"Brian" <nixtootec@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a question along the same lines hope no one minds. If we do have
multiple subnets is it recommended that there is a wins server on each end
of the subnet or will just one suffice? If there is multiple wins servers
required anyone know of a good website that explains that type of setup?
Not trying to interrupt but figured a good place. TIA

One (or 2 for fault tolerance) can suffice in many cases. You do NOT
want to PLAN for a WINS Server "per subnet" but perhaps for 1-2
WINS Server per (major) Site.

WINS registration and resolution is by IP "datagram" (similar to DNS)
so the client and WINS server do not need to be on the same subnet.


Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] wrote:
Read inline please.

In news:EA2B935E-EC04-43AC-80D0-1FC4975AA335@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
study <study@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Thank you for your response.
I've never published shared folders in active directory before. The
instructions in doing so seems to be straight forward but the problem
is we have hundreds of shard folders.

Publishing shares in Active Directory is still the best way to go because
XP has the ability to search AD for shares. You can save Active Directory
shared folder searches in the Profile's Nethood folder and get the
equivalent as browsing across subnets.

We do have multiple subnets. All our clients are XP or later. So
without WINS and without publishing the shared folders in AD, would
we have isseus because we're not using WINS?


With that many shares, WINS would be a practical necessity if you don't
publish you shares in AD because it would be impossible to map all shares
to network drives. You would therefore need the ability for users to
browse network places for the shares they want.


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