Exchange 2003 and earlier versions depend on NetBIOS. WINs is recommended to provide such. Other applications may also have similar dependencies.
- Sean On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 6:43 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Sherry Abercrombie <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Turn it off and then see if anyone or any application screams. It will > > drastically cut down on unnecessary chatter on the network. > > Correct if "turn it off" means NetBIOS. I believe incorrect if > "turn it off" means WINS without also implying NetBIOS. :) > > If properly configured, WINS will actually drastically *reduce* > broadcast traffic. But you have to also configure all NetBIOS does as > P-nodes -- peer nodes, type 0x2 -- unicast WINS only, no broadcasts. > > You should also configure NetBIOS such that a small set of reliable > computers attempt to be browse masters, and configure everything else > *not* to attempt to be a browse master. Otherwise you'll get browser > elections ever time a computer boots. (This is not a WINS issue, > technically speaking, but part of the NetBIOS protocol design.) > > If you don't have WINS but don't also disable NetBIOS, you'll get > just as much, if not more, network chatter. :) > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
