WINS is a distributed multi-master protocol - similar to DNS, but not hierarchical in nature.
I'm sure there are quite a number of us here that remember "before Microsoft 'got' the Internet" that the MSFT DNS server and DNS clients were horrible and using third party solutions was very common because of it. It's a good protocol for what it does, but because it isn't hierarchical, it stops scaling at some point - especially for intercompany communications, where the likelihood of name collisions can be quite high. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: ANDREW F OFALT [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Dump NetBIOS? I tried this on a new server setup and domain setup. I figured why enable WINS if I have Netbios over TCP. Everything worked fine, but there were intermittent problems connecting to shares. It was a small group so there was only file sharing, nothing complicated. Due to another directive, I enabled WinS to check a problem, and since I enabled WINS I dont get calls about shares not connecting or being available. Andy ----- Original Message ----- Some of mine too... That was my first annoyance. Yes, there are alternatives, but the APIs involved are much slower, for reasons that I haven't looked into. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Rankin, James R < [email protected] > wrote: No net view? Think of the scripts that will die! (Well, probably only ones in my arsenal) :-) Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird From: "Andrew S. Baker" < [email protected] > Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:30:06 -0500 To: NT System Admin Issues< [email protected] > ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" < [email protected] > Subject: Re: Dump NetBIOS? Read the comments carefully. I disabled NetBIOS at home for a while (3-4 months), but didn't like the changes. Nothing really major, but NET VIEW dies, and some other things like that. These can be worked around, but some thing in SQL still use the service. I haven't bothered to remove it from %work%. Easy enough to mitigate the risks. It doesn't amount to much value, IMO. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:42 PM, David Lum < [email protected] > wrote: Submitted for discussion – have you guys disabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP? http://isc.sans.edu/diary/Is+it+time+to+get+rid+of+NetBIOS+/12454 David Lum Systems Engineer // NWEA TM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ > ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ > ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ > ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
