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WINS SERVER

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The Router can operate as a Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) server,
handling name registration requests from WINS clients and registering their
names and IP addresses. WINS is a name resolution software from Microsoft
that converts NetBIOS names to IP addresses. Windows machines that are
named as PCs in a workgroup rather than in a domain use NetBIOS names,
which must be converted to IP addresses if the underlying transport protocol is
TCP/IP.
Windows machines identify themselves to the WINS server, so that other Win-
dows machines can query the server to find the IP address. Since the WINS
server itself is contacted by IP address, which can be routed across subnets,
WINS allows Windows machines on one LAN segment to locate Windows ma-
chines on other LAN segments by name.
When a host connects to the LAN, it is assigned an IP address by router's
DHCP. The WINS database is automatically updated with its NetBIOS name
and the assigned IP address. Router's WINS server also responds to name
queries from WINS clients by returning the IP address of the name being que-
ried (assuming the name is registered with the WINS server). The "Internet" in
the WINS name refers to the enterprise Internet (LAN), not the public Internet.
WINS Server Panel
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