Windows NT 4.0- and Windows 2000-based clients register in WINS
NTDEV.MICROSOFT.COM
Windows 2000-based clients register in DNS
WINS Server | WINS.NTDEV.MICROSOFT.COM |
WINS Referral
Windows 2000
-based client
Windows 2000
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4.0-based client | 4.0-based client | 4.0-based client | -based client |
In the picture above, a WINS referral zone called wins.mydomain.microsoft.com. has been created and pointed to the WINS database. Assume that a Windows NT 4.0-based client has a name client1. A Windows 2000-based client belongs to the mydomain.microsoft.com. If the Windows 2000-based client has received a wins.mydomain.microsoft.com. suffix with its DHCP configuration, then in an attempt to resolve an unqualified name client1, it will first try the mydomain.microsoft.com. suffix (that is, client1.mydomain.microsoft.com.), and if that fails, it will then try wins.mydomain.microsoft.com. (that is, client1.wins.mydomain.microsoft.com.). When the DNS server authoritative for the wins.mydomain.microsoft.com. zone receives the query it can’t resolve the requested name. But since it is configured to use WINS look-up it submits a query for client1 to the WINS server. The WINS server containing appropriate registration returns the host IP address to the DNS server and that passes it to the Windows 2000-based client.
Microsoft has chosen DNS to be its strategic name space in Windows 2000 replacing NetBIOS used as a name service in previous versions of Windows NT.
The implementation of DNS in Windows 2000 is a unique DNS Server implementation that is fully interoperable with other standards-based implementations of DNS Server. It is a scalable, highly available, and high performance solution. The following features of Windows 2000 DNS make it a good choice for the corporations looking to implement a reliable hierarchical distributed network environment:
•ADS Integration
•IXFR
•Dynamic Update and Secure Dynamic Update
•Unicode Character Support
•Enhanced Domain Locator
Windows 2000 White Paper | 62 |
