Siemens V4.0 10.3.1 Installing WINS Manager

Implementing WINS Setting Up a WINS Server

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2. Install a NetBIOS t hat supports Advanced Server WINS. (The nbrfc package coming

with the Advanced Server 4.0 software supports WINS.)

To ensure compatibility with Microsoft networking components, it is recommended not

to change the following NetBIOS related tuning parameters from /etc/conf/cf.d/mtune (for

details see section “Configuring NetBIOS Tunable Parameters”):

●NBRFCSTATBCAST should be 0

●NBRFCWINSREG should be 1

●NBRFCPRELOAD should be 0

3. An Advanced Server run ning the WINS service (as well as every other WINS server)

must be configured with static (not dynamic) IP addresses; they should not be DHCP

clients. If your Advanced Server computer is a multihomed computer (a com puter

having more than one IP address), you have to decide which of the IP addresses shall

be used by the WINS server. You do this by editing the NetBIOS configuration file

var/opt/nbrfc/conf/interfaces.cfg

The interface to be used by the WINS server is marked

with the line used_by_wins=yes.

For details, see section “The interfaces.cfg file”.

4. On a connected Windo ws NT Workstation computer,

ÊInstall WINS Manager to be able to fully administer WINS (see below).

ÊUse the wins command to start and stop the WINS service manually from the

Advanced Server command prompt.

ÊUse the winsadm command to perform some administrative tasks at the Advanced

Server command prompt.

Additional WINS administration can be performed using WINS Manager (see th e

following sections).

10.3.1 Installing WINS Manager

You can install the WINS Manager on any Windows NT Workstation computer running

Version 3.51 or later. WINS Manager software is included with Advanced Server in the

ASTOOLS or ASTOOLSD share. If WINS is already installed on MS WI NDOWS NT Server

computer, there is no need to install WINS Manager from the ASTOOLS share. You can

then use the existing WINS manager also to administer the Advanced Server for UNIX

WINS service, regardless of whether the Windows NT Server computer is running Version

3.51 or a later version.