Wins on Multihomed server

I am using RRAS to route IP traffic on my , windows 2k server, DC (gateway
card 192.168.254.1, Lan card 192.168.0.1 not set up as a NAT router) I would
like to enable WINS lookup on this machine. However when I attempt to
configure wins I get told that it cannot find the server. I have deleted the
wins server and tried to install it on either of the address and got the
same thing. I would appreciate any help that this group could give.

Thanks in advance
Jon

You have a major problem here. WINS uses Netbios names. Netbios has
major problems with multihomed servers, especially if they are DCs. I would
recommend that you use some other device or machine to act as a router. You
will also have major problems with browsing if the DC is multihomed.

If you must use the DC as a router and WINS server I would recommend
disabling Netbios over TCP/IP on one of the interfaces.

Jon Phipps wrote:
> I am using RRAS to route IP traffic on my , windows 2k server, DC
> (gateway card 192.168.254.1, Lan card 192.168.0.1 not set up as a NAT
> router) I would like to enable WINS lookup on this machine. However
> when I attempt to configure wins I get told that it cannot find the
> server. I have deleted the wins server and tried to install it on
> either of the address and got the same thing. I would appreciate any
> help that this group could give.
> Thanks in advance
> Jon

thanks again bill will kill the netbios over tcp on the gateway card and
leave it open only for the lan

"Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
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> You have a major problem here. WINS uses Netbios names. Netbios has
> major problems with multihomed servers, especially if they are DCs. I
> would recommend that you use some other device or machine to act as a
> router. You will also have major problems with browsing if the DC is
> multihomed.
>
> If you must use the DC as a router and WINS server I would recommend
> disabling Netbios over TCP/IP on one of the interfaces.
>
> Jon Phipps wrote:
>> I am using RRAS to route IP traffic on my , windows 2k server, DC
>> (gateway card 192.168.254.1, Lan card 192.168.0.1 not set up as a NAT
>> router) I would like to enable WINS lookup on this machine. However
>> when I attempt to configure wins I get told that it cannot find the
>> server. I have deleted the wins server and tried to install it on
>> either of the address and got the same thing. I would appreciate any
>> help that this group could give.
>> Thanks in advance
>> Jon
>
>