Chapter 4. Implementing and Managing WINS
Although there has been a clear shift in Microsoft’s focus on name resolution toward DNS-based name resolution, there is still a lot of NetBIOS name resolution heritage in Windows Server 2003. Since the introduction of networking in Microsoft Windows, NetBIOS and NetBIOS name resolution have been standard. From lmhosts files to broadcasts to WINS servers, Windows has always relied on NetBIOS name resolution mechanisms.
In many organizations, you will still have legacy clients in your environment. As a result, it’s entirely possible that you will need to understand how WINS works, what it does, and how to configure and manage it. Sadly enough, there are still some fairly new applications that are DNS-ignorant ...
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