You could enable the NT4 combination WINS/DNS setting - where DNS will query WINS as well.
------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Esgro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:22 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Wireless device with Netbios > > > Well the WAP has LAN settings for IP Address and Subnet. > DHCP Server Prarameters that allows it to act as a DHCP > server and it allows > you to enter in the range of IP's to supply and only a DNS > server setting. > No WINS server settings. So the tablets will get the right > DNS server and it > will resolve server names by FQDN, but that is moot for an NT domain. > > It is basically acting as a router for wireless devices and > giving each > wireless device an IP address from its pool. The only thing > that I can think > of at this point is to put a DHCP server on the WAP with the > applicable IP > settings for the network. > But before doing that I was hoping there was a way to emulate > an NT domain > in DNS with an srv record or something. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:39 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Wireless device with Netbios > > What options are available? > > Can it handle "locally defined" DHCP parameters > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > Atlanta, GA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ed Esgro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:29 AM > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > Subject: RE: Wireless device with Netbios > > > > > > On the WAP? Unfortunately no. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:27 AM > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > Subject: RE: Wireless device with Netbios > > > > Is there a NBNS setting (NetBIOS Name Server)? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > > Sr. Systems Administrator > > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ed Esgro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:22 AM > > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > > Subject: Wireless device with Netbios > > > > > > > > > I have a situation that I can not seem to find a solution for. > > > > > > I have a wireless device from 3com. It is setup to give out > > > DHCP IP and DNS > > > settings for tablet PC's. However there is no configuration > > > for it to give > > > out a WINS Server IP address. This is where the problem comes in. > > > > > > The network the tablets are trying to logon to is NT domain. > > > Without a WINS > > > server IP it will not recognize the domain obviously. The > > > work around is to > > > connect it to the LAN, which gets DHCP from 2K DHCP server and all > > > applicable WINS and DNS settings, logon to the network and > > > build a profile > > > on the tablet pc. After this I can logon to the tablet pc > > > from the wireless > > > device via cached account. > > > So I guess what I was wondering is if there is a way to setup > > > a DNS record > > > that points to the NT domain name. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *****This email and any files transmitted with it are > > confidential and > > > intended solely for the use of the addressee. 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