IT Interview Questions:What is WINS and when do we use it?
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IT Interview Questions:What is WINS and when do we use it?
Microsoft Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) is an RFC-compliant NetBIOS
name- to- IP-address mapping service. WINS allows Windows-based clients to
easily locate resources on Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) networks. WINS servers maintain databases of static and dynamic
resource name to-IP-address mappings. Because the Microsoft WINS database
supports dynamic name and IP address entries, WINS can be used with Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) services to provide easy configuration and
administration of Windows-based TCP/IP networks. WINS servers provide the
following benefits:
Dynamic database that supports NetBIOS computer name
registration and name resolution in an environment where the dynamic TCP/IP
configuration of DHCP-enabled clients is dynamically configured for TCP/IP.
Centralized management of the NetBIOS computer name database and its
replication to other WINS servers.
Reduction of NetBIOS name query IP
broadcast traffic.
Support for Windows-based clients (including Windows NT
Server, Windows NT Workstation, Windows 95, Windows for Workgroups, and LAN
Manager 2.
x
).
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Support for transparent browsing across routers for Windows
NT Server, Windows NT Workstation, Windows 95, and Windows for Workgroups
clients. to the WINS server. The WINS server returns the destination
computer's IP address to the original computer without the need for broadcast
traffic.
The second reason for using WINS is that it's dynamic. As computers attach to
and detach from the network, the WINS databases are updated automatically.
This means that you don't have to create a static LMHOST file that the
computers can read to determine IP addresses.
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