Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell

Name

WINS

Synopsis

Configure WINS clients, configure a WINS proxy, configure WINS replication, create a static mapping, and install WINS.

Procedures

The following procedures use the WINS console in Administrative tools (available when WINS is installed) unless otherwise specified.

Configure WINS Clients

You can configure WINS clients either manually or automatically using DHCP. For Windows 2000 clients, do the following:

Manual

Start → Settings → Network and Dial-up Connections → right-click on Local-Area Connection → Properties → Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) → Properties → Advanced → WINS → select Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP → Add → specify IP address of primary WINS server → Add → OK

Specify a secondary WINS server if there is one.

Automatic

Configure DHCP scope options 044 and 046 on the DHCP server (see DHCP in this chapter).

Configure a WINS Proxy

To configure a Windows 2000 server to act as a WINS proxy, use regedt32.exe to change EnableProxy from to 1 in the following registry key:

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters

You should have no more than two WINS proxies per subnet. Make sure you also configure the WINS proxy computer as a WINS client.

Configure WINS Replication

Select a WINS server → right-click on Replication Partners → New → Replication Partner → specify the IP address of the replication partner → OK

You can specify whether your replication partner is a push, pull, or push/pull partner using the Advanced tab on the property sheet for the replication partner. ...