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WINS Server

Fayd

Fayd

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i was switching through my ethernet adapter's configuration a couple days ago, and noticed something odd.

the WINS server configured via DHCP, which i would think (given its description) should be located within a network, was the same as my DNS server. (which i had manually configured to 4.2.2.1)

so... have I been sending netbios requests and announcements at my DNS server for the past..forever?

how would i go about stopping this? i could block the port, but my preferred resolution would probably be to set up my computer to act as a WINS server.. if it's possible. (windows 7 professional)
 
I don't see the problem. Tell your DHCP server that there's no WINS server (0.0.0.0). WINS doesn't do the kind of broadcasting that straight NETBIOS does:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Internet_Name_Service

On the other hand, since you apparently have no internal DNS server, and it appears your client PCs are set to use an Internet DNS server (4.2.2.1), you likely DO have internal NETBIOS traffic, since that's the only way your PCs and other network hardware would resolve local computer names. Unless your PCs are set to use your router/DHCP server as a proxy DNS server. - I can't tell from your original post.

None of the Windows desktop OSes come with a built-in WINS server function.
 
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RebateMonger said:
I don't see the problem. Tell your DHCP server that there's no WINS server (0.0.0.0). WINS doesn't do the kind of broadcasting that straight NETBIOS does:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Internet_Name_Service

On the other hand, since you apparently have no internal DNS server, and it appears your client PCs are set to use an Internet DNS server (4.2.2.1), you likely DO have internal NETBIOS traffic, since that's the only way your PCs and other network hardware would resolve local computer names. Unless your PCs are set to use your router/DHCP server as a proxy DNS server. - I can't tell from your original post.

None of the Windows desktop OSes come with a built-in WINS server function.
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the DHCP server rejected 0.0.0.0 as a wins server. 🙁

and yes, all client computers use an internet DNS server. the DHCP server just passes on the info at config time, it doesnt act as a proxy DNS server.
 
There's certainly got to be a way to blank out the WINS setting in your DHCP server (I don't know what your DHCP server is). With the exception of networks with Exchange 2003, you almost never see a WINS setting in the NIC settings of client PCs on home or small business networks, whether set by DHCP or set manually.
 
When using proxy server the client can not autodial the modem on the server. Does anybody know how to configure client/server.
 
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