Best Practices
Minimize the number of WINS servers on the network. By minimizing the number of WINS servers, you reduce the number of server configurations that must be verified. In addition, minimizing the number of WINS servers lessens the complexity of configuring WINS replication.
Manually define WINS replication. If you minimize the number of WINS servers, you can manually configure WINS replication partners to ensure that all WINS servers receive all updates to the WINS database, including all updates registered at the other WINS servers.
Define the sources for incoming replication. If deploying a Windows Server 2003 WINS environment, limit the source of incoming name registration records to only known WINS servers to prevent the registration ...
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