Siemens V4.0 manual Setting Up a Wins Server, Planning Replication Partners and Proxies

Implementing WINS Setting Up a WINS Server

10.2.4 Planning Replication Partners and Proxies

Choosing whether to configure another WINS server as a push partner or pull partner depends on several considerations, including the specific configuration of servers at your site, whether the partner is across a wide area network (WAN), and how important it is to distribute changes throughout the network.

Only one computer configured as a WINS proxy should be installed on each subnet. (Configuring more than one WINS proxy per subnet can overload the WINS servers on the same subnet.)

In one possible configuration, one WINS server can be designated as the central server, and all other WINS servers can be configured as both push partner and pull partner of this central server. Such a configuration ensures that the WINS database on each server contains addresses for every node on the WAN.

Another option is to set up a chain of WINS servers, where each server is both the push partner and pull partner with a nearby WINS server. In such a configuration, the two servers at the ends of the chain would be push and pull partners with each other. Other replication partners can be established for your site’s needs.

10.3 Setting Up a WINS Server

Advanced Server WINS is installed along with the Advanced Server software. Before setting up a WINS server, be sure to meet the following requirements:

1.UNIX threads are required in order to execute the WINS service. You have to use one of the following packages depending on the version of the operating system:

–DCE-THR 2.0A20 (or a later version)

–SIthreads

The "SIthreads" package is included on the operating system CD with more recent operating system versions. This package replaces the previous version "DCE-THR". In this case, you should only use the "SIthreads" package.

i	The WINS service is the only Advanced Server service that is dependent on the
	UNIX threads package.

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