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Implementing WINS
If WINS is not enabled on the client: Name resolution works in the following manner:
1. Check the local name cache
2. Try broadcasting
3. Check the local LMHOSTS file (Microsoft only)
To find a particular computer, the client first checks its NetBIOS name cache. Note that, on
computers running Microsoft networking products, this cache also contains those
LMHOSTS entries which are marked with the #PRE tag, while on Advanced Server
computers, this cache may possibly contain all mappings from the names.cfg file. If the name
is not found in the cache, the non-WINS computer sends name query request packets (as
broadcast messages) on the local subnet. (These broadcast messages normally cannot
pass IP routers.) If local name resolution fails, the local LMHOSTS file is consulted on
computers running Microsoft Networking components. These processes are followed
whether the computer is a network server, a workstation, or another device.
If WINS is enabled on the client: Name resolution works in the following manner:
1. Try a WINS Server
2. Try broadcasting
3. Check the LMHOSTS/names.cfg file
4. Try the HOSTS file (Microsoft only)
5. Try DNS (Microsoft only)
To find a particular computer, the client first checks its NetBIOS name cache (see above).
If the name is not found, the computer queries its primary and / or secondary WINS server:
Product Manual
Name Resolution Services
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