Yes setup WINS. This link may help too.
Does Windows 2000/2003 domain needs WINS
Does Windows 2000/2003 domain needs WINS. Q1: Is there a definitive
list of the services and operations that will no longer work in Windows 2003
Server if ...
www.howtonetworking.com/server/wins1.htm
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"purtech" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My local office as a domain controller, with DHCP, WINS and DNS working. I
> just attached another subnet via a router and vpn.
>
> That other subnet is using the routers DHCP and DNS services. It does not
> have a Windows server and is setup as a workgroup.
>
> Short of joining it to the domain, what is the best way to exert control
> other that subnet? Per an MS article I read, I stopped the router from
> sending Netbios traffic (sited possible issues), but I would like to
> browse
> it if I could. Just setup WINS on the domain side?
>
> Thanks,