Is there any advantage to Using Wins?

I have win2003 server with about 15 XP clients. We use dhcp from a
router. Is there any advantage to setting up wins on the server. It is
my understanding that it is used for netbios clients. We dont install
netbios on any of the computers. Would it be a waste of time to set up
the wins on the server. Or does it do more than that. Would it help
our network function better. If you ask "if it aint broke dont fix
it" . Well the network does act up sometimes. Im wondering if this
might help a little.

Regards

Meinolf
Tue Sep 16 03:20:40 PDT 2008

Hello Steve,

Assuming you have a domain with more then one site and will use network browsing
you need WINS. Otherwise the domain works with DNS fine.

Best regards

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> I have win2003 server with about 15 XP clients. We use dhcp from a
> router. Is there any advantage to setting up wins on the server. It is
> my understanding that it is used for netbios clients. We dont install
> netbios on any of the computers. Would it be a waste of time to set up
> the wins on the server. Or does it do more than that. Would it help
> our network function better. If you ask "if it aint broke dont fix
> it" . Well the network does act up sometimes. Im wondering if this
> might help a little.
> Regards
>

Lanwench
Tue Sep 16 05:59:33 PDT 2008

steve <stevesemple@lycos.com> wrote:
> I have win2003 server with about 15 XP clients. We use dhcp from a
> router. Is there any advantage to setting up wins on the server. It is
> my understanding that it is used for netbios clients. We dont install
> netbios on any of the computers. Would it be a waste of time to set up
> the wins on the server. Or does it do more than that. Would it help
> our network function better. If you ask "if it aint broke dont fix
> it" . Well the network does act up sometimes. Im wondering if this
> might help a little.
>
> Regards

If you want to browse the network, then yes, you will need it. You have
NetBIOS over TCP/IP already on your workstations & server; it's there by
default & is probably enabled. If you don't want WINS you should check each
machine & manually disable NetBT as it's very chatty.

I don't see the downside of WINS even nowadays, and still set it up in small
offices.

steve
Tue Sep 16 11:57:42 PDT 2008

Thanks.

Is it just a matter of adding the role and following simple prompts.

Regards

Lanwench
Wed Sep 17 11:55:05 PDT 2008

steve <stevesemple@lycos.com> wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> Is it just a matter of adding the role and following simple prompts.
>
> Regards

Yep. Install it, add it to your server's IP config, then give out the IP
address in your DHCP scope, as well as the node type - 0x8 for hybrid node.

steve
Thu Sep 18 02:07:01 PDT 2008

Thanks all

Lanwench
Thu Sep 18 06:31:09 PDT 2008

steve <stevesemple@lycos.com> wrote:
> Thanks all

Most welcome - post back if you have problems with it.