RE: Please help....
- From: "Peter J. Persing" <Peter@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 16:10:42 -0700
Good explanation Kevin, (better than mine)
The reason I was so terse is that Colin installed and never configured
WINS, and if he had no WIN's related connectivity problems I concluded
he didn't need it.
Pete
On the Blackfoot river in the great state of Montana
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin S. Malinowski [mailto:Kevin@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 9:56 AM
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Subject: [isalist] RE: Please help....
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Colin,
A couple of things about WINS.
Peter is correct that Windows 2000 machines do not need WINS. However,
legacy clients such as Win9x or even Unix/Linux may need to have NetBIOS
name recognition of machine names.
Native mode in Windows 2000 means that only Windows 2000 domain
controllers are present, you can still have NT 4.0 workstations, NT 4.0
member servers and win9x workstations. Thus WINS may be necessary on a
Windows 2000 network (even in native mode).
However, the location of the WINS server is important. Avoid running it
on a multihomed machine, WINS has many documented issues when it is
installed an a server with more than one NIC. Also, I avoid installing
WINS on the ISA box (the majority of ISA machines are multihomed so this
is a good reason to avoid this situation). As WINS is normally used only
in networks with multiple subnets, if possible, put the WINS box on the
segregated subnet.
In summary, if you don't need WINS uninstall it. If you do need WINS,
put it on a box other than the ISA box.
HTH
Kevin
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay [mailto:jschwarzkopf@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 9:09 AM
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Be careful. Legacy clients might still need it.
Colin
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter J. Persing [mailto:Peter@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 16 January 2002 13:52
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Subject: [isalist] RE: Please help....
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If you have active directory and dns installed you don't need or want
WINS. Furthermore, if you haven't even configured it and are using a
native mode network it is just sitting there doing nothing (except
causing trouble). Uninstall it!
Pete
On the Blackfoot river in the great state of Montana
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