WINS still an issue???

[Mark Scott]

I was reading with interrest the following website:
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/05/11/netbios.html
apparently, you cannot disable WINS in a pure Windows Server 2000 / 2003
environment if you are using external trusts!

If this is indeed true, who in their right mind let this one pass? There
should be no place for WINS on a pure 2000/3 network, DNS is the resolution
method of choice, it is required for AD to function at all, why on earth
should WINS still be enabled? would someone from MSFT please enlighten us?

Regards

Mark

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP]]

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I was reading with interrest the following website:
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/05/11/netbios.html
apparently, you cannot disable WINS in a pure Windows Server 2000 /
2003 environment if you are using external trusts!

If this is indeed true, who in their right mind let this one pass?
There should be no place for WINS on a pure 2000/3 network, DNS is
the resolution method of choice, it is required for AD to function at
all, why on earth should WINS still be enabled? would someone from
MSFT please enlighten us?

The article you point to says nothing about WINS, It says that two trusted
domains cannot have the same NetBIOS name since the NetBIOS name is listed
in the Logon screen's drop down domain list.
You don't need WINS or NetBIOS in a pure AD environment, unless you use an
application that uses NetBIOS for network resolution, Network Places is one
of these applications.
If you want to use Network places you need NetBIOS, if you want to use
Network Places for multiple subnets you need WINS.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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The article you point to says nothing about WINS, It says that two
trusted domains cannot have the same NetBIOS name since the NetBIOS
name is listed in the Logon screen's drop down domain list.
You don't need WINS or NetBIOS in a pure AD environment, unless you
use an application that uses NetBIOS for network resolution, Network
Places is one of these applications.
If you want to use Network places you need NetBIOS, if you want to use
Network Places for multiple subnets you need WINS.



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Best regards,
Kevin D4 Dad Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
Hope This Helps
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Just want to add, that NetBIOS name resolution is STILL needed if Exchange
2000 or 2003 is installed in the organization. So if there's mutliple
subnets, then WINS is the preferred choice of NetBIOS resolution.

837391 - Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2000 Server require NetBIOS name
resolution for full functionality:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=837391

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Ace

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