Assigning WINS Server Addresses

Nameservers (Learned):

 

 

99.99.99.99

Local

name.acme.com

88.88.88.88

Local

secondary.acme.com

DHCP server: 16.20.244.250

Local>

The following table lists the WINS characteristics displayed in the previous example. (See the Displaying DNS Characteristics section in this chapter for a description of the DNS characteristics shown in the example.)

Field

Description

 

 

Primary

The Internet address or host name for the primary WINS

 

server.

Secondary

The Internet address or host name for the WINS server used

 

when the primary WINS server is not available.

 

 

If a DHCP server provides the WINS servers and Domain Name information, the display includes “ (from DHCP)” at the end of each line of information and the name of the DHCP server at the end of the display.

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