Re: WINS Server - 2003/XP network?

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From: Phillip Windell (_at_.)
Date: 04/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:03:29 -0500

There are always broadcasts, that is how Ethernet works. Even if you hook
two switches together all by themselves with no computers at all attached,
there would still be broadcasts between the switches.

During the day I guessing that about one fourth of the packets on an
Ethernet LAN are some type of broadcast. Late at night during "quiet" times
probably 80% or more of the traffic is broadcasts because very little
"directed" traffic is happening.

That is why Routers and subnetting are so important on a LAN because
broadcasts don't cross routers, so they limit the effect of it. But then the
routers introduce more broacasts of thier own due to CDP and routing
updates. 

-- 
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com
"sw" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C1398791-27F7-4C25-BECF-32AE139FCB11@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a Windows 2003/XP network with 800 PC's in a single subnet (pure
IP). I'm still seeing a lot of broadcasts (according to a fluke meter). I'm
using windows DNS but not WINS, would a WINS server help to resolve these
broadcast issues?
>
> Thanks for the advice.

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