Configure TCP/IP to use WINS

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Robert Dalton

To close a hacker vulnerability via the BIOS, I need to
reconfigure TCP/IP to use WINS..... in order to do that I
need the IP address of the WINS Server. I am following
directions on the Symantec Site, I just don't know how to
get that IP address...please help.
Tx, Bob Dalton
 
First of all, using WINS will not stop hackers from compromising your
NetBios ports. The only protocol hackers can use is TCP/IP and therefore
NetBios over TCP/IP (NetBios itself is a non-routable protocol).

Second, you need a WINS server installed on your network if that's what
you're planning to use for NetBios name resolution.
 
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