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• Subnet mask - The interface provides the same subnet mask you specify for the interface.
• Gateway - The interface provides the same gateway you specify for the interface.
• DNS servers - The interface provides IP addresses for up to three DNS servers that provide DNS
services for DHCP clients. You can specify each IP address manually (for example, a company's
own DNS server), or you can refer to DNS servers that other interfaces received from DHCP
servers (for example, a DNS server at an ISP). These other interfaces have to be DHCP clients.
It is not possible for an interface to be the DHCP server and a DHCP client simultaneously.
WINS
WINS (Windows Internet Naming Service) is a Windows implementation of NetBIOS Name Server
(NBNS) on Windows. It keeps track of NetBIOS computer names. It stores a mapping table of your
network's computer names and IP addresses. The table is dynamically updated for IP addresses
assigned by DHCP. This helps reduce broadcast traffic since computers can query the server instead
of broadcasting a request for a computer name's IP address. In this way WINS is similar to DNS,
although WINS does not use a hierarchy (unlike DNS). A network can have more than one WINS
server. Samba can also serve as a WINS server.
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