Re: [PLUG] Ports needed to use Samba or MS networking functions

[Magnus Hedemark <chrish@trilug.org>]

Paul wrote:

> What ever works.  But, I disagree with the above statement.  The 
> function of WINS is to NetBIOS as DNS is to the Internet.  As longs as 
> all computers are registering with a single WINS server, any computer 
> can resolve names using that WINS server.
>
> NetBIOS doesn't work across subnets because routers by default do not 
> forward broadcasts.

WINS is moot if you're working with a Windows 2000 domain;  WINS has 
been deprecated in the Windows world in favor of DNS.

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