Why do you want your workstations in DNS? Compatibility with DNS-based
applications, like, say a remote control application like VNC. You want to
tell VNC "connect to ceoworkstation.mycompany.com" rather having to look up
the workstation's address in your DHCP server.
If you have your Microsoft DNS server set to use WINS to resolve names it
doesn't have in DNS, the net effect is the same as using dynamic DNS to
register your workstations. But the whole NetBIOS network thing (via
WINS/IP, or NetBIOS over IPX or NetBEUI) is being slowly phased out by MS.
The WINS thing is basically a proprietary solution, completely insecure, and
has many limitations that IP over DNS does not.
TCP/IP with DNS is the network architecture of choice these days. Standards
are good, and Microsoft has embraced them. Be happy about it.
-ryan-
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pham, Tuan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 9:58 AM
> To: NT 2000 Discussions
> Subject: DNS and DHCP registration
>
>
> Now I understand the DDNS and DHCP Registration in Windows
> 2000, how it updates the A and PTR record for all Windows
> clients, now I have everyone in my DNS, great!. Beside the
> servers, why would I care if the clients updated their record
> to DNS or not? Let say if I have WINS on my network, do I
> care about this? what 's the point? Can someone explain it to me?
>
> Thanks!
>
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