Legacy stuff (NT4 and W9x) MUST/USE NetBIOS and WINS is just a service that provides this.
Although W2K/WXP/W2K3 use DNS as their primary resolution method some features still use NetBIOS (e.g. LOGON BOX). Also some apps also still use NetBIOS for some of the functionalities Fore more info see: http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/05/11/netbios.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323357 Cheers #JORGE# -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: 5/11/2005 9:44 PM Subject: [ActiveDir] Living without WINS Good evening (morning or night) to you all. We have a AD structure with the following setup. DCs and servers W2K3 AND W2K. PCs NT4, W2K and XP. Name Resolutions DNS Server (with WINS lookup) WINS All clients have DNS name resolution activated. Some (older clients have both WINS and DNS) Most NT 4.0 clients have AD client. Obviously the NT 4.0 client do not ddns. We also have 2 clusters with Windows 2000. My question is the following. If I create static DNS records for the NT4 clients, can I do without WINS? What pitfalls and issues are there? Thanks (in advance) for your help. Peter Jessop This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
