We have 9 offices and 3 WINS servers total. We would have done two, but we have a single WAN link between the US offices and the EMEA offices - so losing that one connection would orphan all 3 European offices, and having the secondary in Europe would really cause issues for the other US offices, as we have 85% of the employees in the US.
Three was the magic number for us, and we replicate with our office as the hub, and the other two doing push/pull with us only. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Holt, Miles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 9:42 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Name resolution quiz > > > We have had similar issues in the past with our NT4 WINS > servers. We are running hub and spoke with our Hub in Atlanta > and spokes in 4 cities (5 WINS > servers total). If what your are saying is true, would you > and Rodger just deploy primary and backup WINS server in your > hub office, and then have all the > field PC's/Servers at the remote offices register WINS with > the two central servers? > > I was under (the hopefully incorrect) idea that you needed > WINS servers for each of your subnets that have BDC's on > them. If I could migrate to a central > pair, that would be great from an administrative point, and > would likely make name resolution smoother with new clean > WINS DB's. I too look forward to the > end of this year when our Active Directory deployment with be > complete and we can turn off NETBIOS and just use DNS. > > Miles > > -----Original Message----- > From: Weatherly, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 2:16 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Name resolution quiz > > > I would agree with that 2 maybe 3 WINS server should be enough > You should also look at setting them up in a hub-n-spoke > topology instead of a mesh topology to help make management a > bit easier. This way if you have to > maintain static entries (which ARE rare), you can manage them > on one central server and let WINS replicate them to the > other servers. > > -------------------------------- > Rob Weatherly > -------------------------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 2:09 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Name resolution quiz > > Sounds like you have between 11 and 12 too many WINS servers. > Which also explains why stuff isn't working. > > Please tell me you're at least running a hub and spoke model > and not a complete mess replication topology. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > Atlanta, GA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lum, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 2:03 PM > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > Subject: RE: Name resolution quiz > > > > > > 14 WINS servers, all push/pull partners (and what does > "other" in WINS > > manager mean?). Ken this is great info as corporate had > just told me > > the same thing Andrew did. > > > > Dave. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ken Coughlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 10:55 AM > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > Subject: RE: Name resolution quiz > > > > > > You should have a static entry for Servers and other systems > > which have a > > static IP and don't get rebooted frequently. The alternative > > is to run > > "nbtstat -RR" every few days, otherwise the WINS server > > releases the entry. > > > > Ken > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 1:50 PM > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > Subject: RE: Name resolution quiz > > > > > > You should not have to add static entries for Windows systems. > > > > How are your WINS servers configured and how many do you have? > > > > > > > > ASB > > http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Lum, David > > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 1:40 PM > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > Subject: Name resolution quiz > > > > > > Time to show more of my ignorance. > > > > PROBLEM: > > a) DOMAIN1 DC gets event ID 5719 "No NT domain controller > is available > > for domain DOMAIN2..." > > > > b) Using Server Manager to look at DOMAIN2 tells me I get read only > > because it can't find the PDC of DOMAIN2 > > > > ------ > > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
