WINS Settings

WINS clients attempt to register their names with a WINS server when they start or join the network. Thereafter, WINS clients query the WINS server as needed to resolve remote names.

Note: The purpose of this property page is to allow you to enter the addresses of EXTERNAL WINS servers. The DataSafe NAS does not contain a WINS server.

WINS-enabled clients are computers that can be configured to make direct use of a WINS server. Most WINS clients typically have more than one NetBIOS name that they must register for use with the network. These names are used to publish various types of network service, such as the Messenger or Workstation Service, that each computer can use in various ways to communicate with other computers on the network.

WINS-enabled clients communicate with the WINS server to:

nRegister client names in the WINS database.

nRenew client names with the WINS database.

nRelease client names from the WINS database.

nResolve names by obtaining mappings from the WINS database for user names, NetBIOS names, DNS names, and IP addresses.

Clients that are not WINS-enabled can use WINS proxies to participate in these processes in a limited way. If you are using a DHCP server to allocate WINS server IP addresses, you do not need to add WINS server addresses.

Keep in mind that the Web UI only allows you to manipulate two WINS addresses, and even then only if

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