Re: WINS

From: Bob A. Schelfhout Aubertijn MCSE (bobsklfk@NOSPAMquicknet.nl)
Date: 01/31/03 

From: "Bob A. Schelfhout Aubertijn MCSE" <bobsklfk@NOSPAMquicknet.nl>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:51:35 +0100

"Kathy" <ksaba@cdom.org> wrote in message
news:0af301c2c8d5$4e828100$8af82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA03...
| I've done so much research on WINS but I'm not really sure
| where I stand on the subject. Does anyone have the pros
| and cons for WINS? Why would you use it in a network? How
| can it help? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
|
| Thanks
| Kathy

In a mixed network environment, down-level clients, such as computers running
Windows 98 or Windows NT 4.0, use Network Basic Input/Output System (NetBIOS)
names to communicate. As a result, a Microsoft Windows 2000 network with
down-level clients requires a means of resolving NetBIOS names to IP addresses.
WINS is an enhanced NetBIOS name server that registers NetBIOS computer names
and resolves them to IP addresses. WINS also provides a dynamic database that
maintains mapping of computer names to IP addresses.

Bob A. Schelfhout Aubertijn

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