Article: Q239950
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0
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Last Modified: 08-MAY-2002
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
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SUMMARY
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A white paper describing Microsoft's implementation of the Windows Internet
Naming Service (WINS) is available for you to download from the Microsoft
Windows NT FTP site.
MORE INFORMATION
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WINS provides dynamic NetBIOS-name-to-IP-address registration and resolution.
This white paper describes the Microsoft WINS technology, including a functional
description of the WINS server, and discusses name registration, resolution
processes, replication between WINS servers, the WINS database schema, capacity
planning, and designing a WINS infrastructure.
Sections of the document include:
- Functional description
- Timers
- Replication
- New features in Windows NT 4.0
- Description of the WINS Database
- Designing a WINS infrastructure
This white paper is available from the following Microsoft FTP site:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-docs/papers/WINSWP.doc
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Keywords :
Technology : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version : winnt:4.0
Hardware : ALPHA x86
Issue type : kbinfo
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