On Saturday 17 Dec 2011 14:02:25 Keith Edmunds wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:31:49 +0000, [email protected] said:
> > why not
> > add the 'wins' entry by default?
>
> Well, simply put, because not everyone wants a WINS server. We manage
> quite a few Linux servers that have Samba/Winbind installed on them, but
> which authenticate users against an Active Directory server. There's no
> need for those Linux servers to run WINS.
So what you are saying is that WINS is for *small* heterogeneous networks
where there is only a bunch of peers and no 'proper' server. In fact, just
like most home networks!
It's strange how I never had any problems until about 6-8 months ago. It all
just worked.
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