Re: DNS and Netbios name

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Hi, Ace. Long time.

Having run Symantec products for a long time, I must say that I have not run into a situation where it depends on WINS for name resolution. Is your experience different, in that the Corp AV is not able to rely on the underlying Windows lookup functionalties to sufficiently meets its requirements without WINS?

There is a lot of myths regarding SQL, Cluster, etc NEEDING WINS, but it's actually just myth, in my experience.

Deji

"Ace Fekay [Microsoft Certified Trainer]" <firstnamelastname@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eWQFyVrTJHA.4744@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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A, Deji <deji@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> requesting assistance, typed the following:
I didn't think I was "referring to" you, JohnB. Although I posted
directly underneath your response, I was replying to the OP w/o
starting another chain.

Anything "needing" to resolve NetBIOS name will be able to do so
without WINS if the search list is appropriately populated.

Deji


The one exception I see to this is if the app uses the Browser service for any portion of its functionality. The OP didn't mention the app he in question, but one example is Symantec Corp AV. I guess another is SQL. So I guess it would be safe to say, it really depends on the app and how it uses NetBIOS. If it's simply looking for resolution, and no other NetBIOS related function, additional suffixes would be sufficient.


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