Wins: Is there any problem adding a secondary ip address?

[Ulrik]

Windows 2000/2003
Wins server/service

I have two Wins servers on the same subnet. Both are old and are going to be
replaced with new hardware.
Client computers have these two as primary and secondary Wins.

I'm going to put one Wins server on a diffrent subnet and this server is (of
course) going to get a new ip address.

The two existing Wins servers are going to be replaced by one new server.
I'm plan to give this computer old-server1's old ip address, and to add
old-server 2's ip address as the computers secondary ip (Tcp/ip
properties -> "Advanced TCP/IP settings"), just in case.
I can not see that this will course any problem....

I'm going to use the new server and the old-server1 ip as primary and
secondry in DHCP and on static configured servers. And of course the wins
servers will replicate with each other.

The question:
- Is there any problem adding a secondary ip address on a Wins server, will
the Wins service respond to wins querys on the secondary ip too?

Regards Ulrik

 

[Danny Slye - [MSFT}]

This will not work (if I understand the question correctly). If you assign
multiple IP addresses to a network card, NetBIOS will only bind to the
first (or primary) IP address bound to the card.
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Windows 2000/2003
Wins server/service

I have two Wins servers on the same subnet. Both are old and are going to be
replaced with new hardware.
Client computers have these two as primary and secondary Wins.

I'm going to put one Wins server on a diffrent subnet and this server is (of
course) going to get a new ip address.

The two existing Wins servers are going to be replaced by one new server.
I'm plan to give this computer old-server1's old ip address, and to add
old-server 2's ip address as the computers secondary ip (Tcp/ip
properties -> "Advanced TCP/IP settings"), just in case.
I can not see that this will course any problem....

I'm going to use the new server and the old-server1 ip as primary and
secondry in DHCP and on static configured servers. And of course the wins
servers will replicate with each other.

The question:
- Is there any problem adding a secondary ip address on a Wins server, will
the Wins service respond to wins querys on the secondary ip too?

Regards Ulrik

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Danny Slye
Microsoft Support Professional
MCSE

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[Scott Harding - MS MVP]

Correct. Only one will register and you will wind up with lots of headaches.
I have seen it where one will register one day and then other one will
register the next day. NEVER multihome or multi IP your wins servers. Also
these WINS server must point to themselves for Primary and Secondary WINS
servers to prevent corruption and inconsistencies in the database.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;240661&Product=nts40

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;185786&Product=nts40

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Scott Harding
MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server

This will not work (if I understand the question correctly). If you assign
multiple IP addresses to a network card, NetBIOS will only bind to the
first (or primary) IP address bound to the card.
--------------------

Windows 2000/2003
Wins server/service

I have two Wins servers on the same subnet. Both are old and are going to be
replaced with new hardware.
Client computers have these two as primary and secondary Wins.

I'm going to put one Wins server on a diffrent subnet and this server is (of
course) going to get a new ip address.

The two existing Wins servers are going to be replaced by one new server.
I'm plan to give this computer old-server1's old ip address, and to add
old-server 2's ip address as the computers secondary ip (Tcp/ip
properties -> "Advanced TCP/IP settings"), just in case.
I can not see that this will course any problem....

I'm going to use the new server and the old-server1 ip as primary and
secondry in DHCP and on static configured servers. And of course the wins
servers will replicate with each other.

The question:
- Is there any problem adding a secondary ip address on a Wins server, will
the Wins service respond to wins querys on the secondary ip too?

Regards Ulrik

__
Danny Slye
Microsoft Support Professional
MCSE

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Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may benefit. Thanks!

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

If you are only going to have one Wins server, you don't need to configure
the clients with a secondary Wins server., just list the Win server in the
primary Wins server field. There is not any reason to add the old Wins
server IP to the new Wins server and try to use that as a secondary.

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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[Ulrik]

Ok and thanks
It does not seam to be a good ide multihome or multi IP wins servers!
(I will not multihome/ip my wins server).

¨Best regards
Ulrik

Correct. Only one will register and you will wind up with lots of headaches.
I have seen it where one will register one day and then other one will
register the next day. NEVER multihome or multi IP your wins servers. Also
these WINS server must point to themselves for Primary and Secondary WINS
servers to prevent corruption and inconsistencies in the database.

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...fault.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;185786&Product=nts40

--
Scott Harding
MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server

This will not work (if I understand the question correctly). If you assign
multiple IP addresses to a network card, NetBIOS will only bind to the
first (or primary) IP address bound to the card.
--------------------

Windows 2000/2003
Wins server/service

I have two Wins servers on the same subnet. Both are old and are going

to
be

replaced with new hardware.
Client computers have these two as primary and secondary Wins.

I'm going to put one Wins server on a diffrent subnet and this server

is
(of

course) going to get a new ip address.

The two existing Wins servers are going to be replaced by one new server.
I'm plan to give this computer old-server1's old ip address, and to add
old-server 2's ip address as the computers secondary ip (Tcp/ip
properties -> "Advanced TCP/IP settings"), just in case.
I can not see that this will course any problem....

I'm going to use the new server and the old-server1 ip as primary and
secondry in DHCP and on static configured servers. And of course the wins
servers will replicate with each other.

The question:
- Is there any problem adding a secondary ip address on a Wins server, will
the Wins service respond to wins querys on the secondary ip too?

Regards Ulrik

__
Danny Slye
Microsoft Support Professional
MCSE

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights.
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may benefit. Thanks!