Skip to Main Content
Windows Server® 2008 Inside Out
book

Windows Server® 2008 Inside Out

by William R. Stanek
February 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1520 pages
56h 32m
English
Microsoft Press
Content preview from Windows Server® 2008 Inside Out

Chapter 25. Implementing and Maintaining WINS

Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) enables computers to register and resolve NetBIOS names on IPv4 networks. WINS is not used with IPv6 networks. WINS is maintained primarily for backward support and compatibility with legacy applications and early versions of Microsoft Windows, including Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT, that used WINS for computer name resolution; or for networks running Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 that don’t have Active Directory deployed and thus don’t require DNS. On most large networks, WINS is needed to support legacy ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Inside Out

Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Inside Out

William R. Stanek
Windows Server® 2008 R2 Unleashed

Windows Server® 2008 R2 Unleashed

Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Omar Droubi, Ross Mistry, Chris Amaris
Windows Server® 2008 Active Directory® Resource Kit

Windows Server® 2008 Active Directory® Resource Kit

Conan Kezema Stan Riemer Mike Mulcare, Byron Wright, and Microsoft Active Directory

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780735624382Purchase book