[windows2000] Re: NT machines and WINS
- From: "Chris Berry" <compjma@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:21:37 -0700
From: Frank Monroe <Frank.Monroe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
How does stopping WINS decrease network traffic? When you have no WINS
server your down-level clients must use broadcasts to find domain
controllers which is an INCREASE in network traffic. And, if the DC's are
in other subnets, they won't be found at all.
Yeah, that sounds like a bad idea. On an NT machine the lookup process goes
like this:
Cache
WINS
Broadcast
LMHosts
DNS
If you eliminate WINS I think you're going to have huge broadcast storms
unless you manually edit your resolution order. (Though I'm pretty sure you
can do that, just don't ask me how I'm not an NT guy)
Chris Berry
compjma@xxxxxxxxxxx
Systems Administrator
JM Associates
"Conciousness: that annoying time between naps."
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