Re: WINS - Do I need to bother with it?

The way I look at it...if netdiag and dcdiag both complain if its missing,
then it should be there :)

Matt Gibson - GSEC

"BA" <BA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1F7E1BF8-0D54-4383-8D0C-B7B5745DCF01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I never even use it for Exchange; I look at it as another potential point
>of
> failure. If DNS is correctly configured for your .local domain (getting
> info
> from AD), your clients only need to be setup to use NetBios over TCP/IP to
> see and access resources. There might be a compelling reason to use WINS,
> but
> I don't know what it is.
>
> ba
>
> "Matt Gibson" wrote:
>
>> AFAIK, WINS is needed for Exchange at the least.
>>
>> Matt Gibson - GSEC
>>
>> "Bryan L" <blinton.nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OVAixY9iFHA.2644@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I recently promoted a member server to be an additional DC in my SBS
>> >2003
>> >network. When I ran DCPromo on the new DC, the wizard strongly
>> >suggested
>> >that the WINS service be installed and configured as well. I did so,
>> >and
>> >iirc I also made sure WINS was installed and running on my SBS. I'm now
>> >getting errors in my event logs about WINS replication failing. Before
>> >I
>> >bother running down those errors and trying to correct them I want to
>> >ask
>> >the group here...do I even need WINS running in a Server 2003 domain?
>> >If
>> >DNS is working correctly, wouldn't I be safe in removing the WINS
>> >service
>> >from both the SBS and the additional DC? I would think so, but thought
>> >it
>> >best to check before changing things.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Bryan
>> >
>>
>>
>>


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