Additional Information - Bay Networks Remote Annex User Manual

Resource Visibility
Resolve a Name to an
IP Address
Preload PDC Address
Example
Appendix A
The problem of resource visibility becomes especially important when
the remote "client" is another network that may have resources to be
shared. The remote network should have a machine capable of acting as
a MB. A MB locates resources by broadcasts on its subnet. If there is no
MB on the remote net, there must be one on the network the Annex is on
and the ip_forward_broadcast parameter should be Y to allow the MB
request to reach the resource. WINS will also be useful in this
environment to assure reliable communication between all the browser
components.

Additional Information

When a client tries to resolve a name to an IP address, it follows the
following steps:
1. Checks internal cache of resolved names.
2. Asks WINS (if enabled).
3. Broadcasts to resolve name.
4. Checks LMHOSTS file.
Preloading the cache at start-up with the address of the PDC may simplify
the authentication process, even if WINS is configured. It may be required
if WINS is not used. This is done by adding an entry to the client's lmhosts
file.
NT: \Winnt35\System32\Drivers\Etc\lmhosts
Windows 95:\windows\lmhosts
555.555.55.555
group's DC
This gives the IP address (555.555.55.555) of the PDC (servername):
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