Configuring WINS Clients
To use WINS, a client must first be configured with the address of a WINS server. This can be done in one of two ways. First, you could configure the client manually, using a network properties page for the particular Windows operating system. Second, you could configure a DHCP server to provide the […]
WINS is Microsoft’s NetBIOS Name Server (NBNS) developed according to the details set forth in RFCs 1001 and 1002, and is based on a client/server architecture. Only Windows server operating systems can run the WINS service, and the server does not have to be a domain controller. In the traditional DNS server that originated on […]
Using the Action Menu to Manage Individual WINS Servers
You can perform most of the basic management tasks associated with WINS servers by selecting the WINS server from those you’ve added to the tree structure in the left pane and then using options from the Action menu. Alternatively, you can right-click on a server and select […]
For each domain on the Internet, there must be a primary server and a secondary server. The primary DNS server for the domain contains a collection of resource records that contain the address mappings for hostnames in the domain. The primary DNS server is the final authority for these mappings. The secondary DNS server contains […]