Is WINS needes?

All;

Is a WINS server really needed in a domain that has all Win2k Servers, Win2k
and WinXP clients ??
There is a DNS server configured in the domain, so what benefit would a WINS
server provide and would users be able to browse the network without it?

Im curious...

Thanks
Tom

If you have more than one subnet and want to be able to browse you will need
Wins. If you don't care about browsing and don't have any applications that
rely on Netbios name resolution you don't need Wins.

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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"Tom Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> All;
>
> Is a WINS server really needed in a domain that has all Win2k Servers,
Win2k
> and WinXP clients ??
> There is a DNS server configured in the domain, so what benefit would a
WINS
> server provide and would users be able to browse the network without it?
>
> Im curious...
>
> Thanks
> Tom
>
>

Thanks,
Browsing between subnets was my next question.


"Marc Reynolds [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> If you have more than one subnet and want to be able to browse you will
need
> Wins. If you don't care about browsing and don't have any applications
that
> rely on Netbios name resolution you don't need Wins.
>
> --
>
> Thanks,
> Marc Reynolds
> Microsoft Technical Support
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
>
> "Tom Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> > All;
> >
> > Is a WINS server really needed in a domain that has all Win2k Servers,
> Win2k
> > and WinXP clients ??
> > There is a DNS server configured in the domain, so what benefit would a
> WINS
> > server provide and would users be able to browse the network without it?
> >
> > Im curious...
> >
> > Thanks
> > Tom
> >
> >
>
>

It is theoretically possible to browse across subnets without WINS, but
WINS is the obvious way to go. See KB 150800 "Domain Browsing with TCP/IP ..
" .

"Tom Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks,
> Browsing between subnets was my next question.
>
>
> "Marc Reynolds [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > If you have more than one subnet and want to be able to browse you will
> need
> > Wins. If you don't care about browsing and don't have any applications
> that
> > rely on Netbios name resolution you don't need Wins.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Marc Reynolds
> > Microsoft Technical Support
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> >
> >
> > "Tom Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > All;
> > >
> > > Is a WINS server really needed in a domain that has all Win2k Servers,
> > Win2k
> > > and WinXP clients ??
> > > There is a DNS server configured in the domain, so what benefit would
a
> > WINS
> > > server provide and would users be able to browse the network without
it?
> > >
> > > Im curious...
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

I thought that WINS was needed if you used Outlook with
an exchange server that was on a different subnet ?

I hope not, I have three four subnets that use our Exchange server and
haven't seen a problem.
I'd assume that if DNS is set up correctly, outlook would resolve the
exchange server name through it.


"David Jones" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I thought that WINS was needed if you used Outlook with
> an exchange server that was on a different subnet ?
>

It depends on the version of Outlook. Older ones were "netbios-based". I
don't remember where the version cut-off point was.


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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com


"David Jones" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I thought that WINS was needed if you used Outlook with
> an exchange server that was on a different subnet ?
>