I'd be interested in hearing what has led you to that conclusion. I've done it both ways, and the best experience I've had to date has been 90+ offices, totalling probably 4000-5000 machines, with 3 WINS servers.
------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Penland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 4:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] WINS administration > > > My experience tells me to run wins on the PDC / (select)BDCs > at the primary > and BDC per remote location. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger Seielstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 3:00 PM > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] WINS administration > > > Why? > > > > 2-3 MAX for the network. That's poor design putting one per DC. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > > Sr. Systems Administrator > > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > > Atlanta, GA > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dennis Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 12:52 PM > > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] WINS administration > > > > > > > > > Ok I forgot to add that the servers that WINS is running on > > > are all domain controllers. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:44 AM > > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] WINS administration > > > > > > > > > I believe, but you should still test it, that the user needs > > > to be a local > > > admin on the WINS server to have those privledges. > > > > > > Just restrict that privledge and it should word > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > > > Sr. Systems Administrator > > > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > > > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Dennis Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 12:43 PM > > > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > > Subject: [ActiveDir] WINS administration > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone: > > > > We would like to control who has the ability to make > > > > modifications to WINS, like adding static entries, > > > > tombstoning bad records,....etc. We have deployed Active > > > > Directory DC's to several nationwide offices and want to be > > > > able to delegate this control to local administrators without > > > > making them a domain admin. There is a built in group called > > > > DNS Admins that allows this kind of functionality and you can > > > > set permissions on DNS zones so that only certain accounts > > > > can add/delete zone entries...etc. but there is no > > > > corresponding WINS admin group. Does anyone know of a way > > > > to accomplish this kind of delegation of control for WINS? > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help you can provide, > > > > > > > > D Meyer > > > > System Administrator > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ======================================================= > > > > This email and its contents are confidential. If you > > > > are not the intended recipient, please do not disclose > > > > or use the information within this email or its > > > > attachments. If you have received this email in error, > > > > please delete it immediately. 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