Depending on your netowrk of course it may not matter which you use if you are going to just have one WINS server. If you are going to have more than one, use Win2k - because Samba does not support replication, etc. of WINS servers. Just make sure your client machines point to the right WINS server. Jason Williams wrote:> Just something I thought about today really. > Since I am running samba 2.2.8a as a PDC on my network and all of my > workstations for my clients are Windows 2000 Pro, would it be better to > set up the PDC to run as a wins server? wins server = yes > > I was just curious because I found some documentation on the wins server > option, but for the most part, it was glossed over with real no > explanation. Granted, I know what wins purpose is, but would like to > find out more about better implementation in my network.. > > Thanks. > > Jason >
Just something I thought about today really. Since I am running samba 2.2.8a as a PDC on my network and all of my workstations for my clients are Windows 2000 Pro, would it be better to set up the PDC to run as a wins server? wins server = yes I was just curious because I found some documentation on the wins server option, but for the most part, it was glossed over with real no explanation. Granted, I know what wins purpose is, but would like to find out more about better implementation in my network.. Thanks. Jason
On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Jason Williams wrote:> Just something I thought about today really. > Since I am running samba 2.2.8a as a PDC on my network and all of my > workstations for my clients are Windows 2000 Pro, would it be better to set > up the PDC to run as a wins server? wins server = yesDo you have any idea how frustrating it is to see this question? It means that years of saying "USE WINS IT IS GOOD FOR YOU" has had no effect! :) Oh well. Go on, use WINS, it's good for you! :)> > I was just curious because I found some documentation on the wins server > option, but for the most part, it was glossed over with real no > explanation. Granted, I know what wins purpose is, but would like to find > out more about better implementation in my network..Please refer me to chapter and pages in the Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf available from the Samba-3.0.0 CVS code tree. Tell us please where it is glossed over so we can fix it. We need to get the message across. This is so important, and yet we have had so little in the way of patches and documentation updates. You can help to make it better though, and your input is welcome. - John T. -- John H Terpstra Email: jht@samba.org
On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Matthew McCarty wrote:> Depending on your netowrk of course it may not matter which you use if > you are going to just have one WINS server. If you are going to have > more than one, use Win2k - because Samba does not support replication, > etc. of WINS servers.Can you please explain why this is so important. What can we do to make it better? Are you willing to take charge of this project?> > Just make sure your client machines point to the right WINS server.Yup! Sure helps! - John T>> > > > Jason Williams wrote: > > Just something I thought about today really. > > Since I am running samba 2.2.8a as a PDC on my network and all of my > > workstations for my clients are Windows 2000 Pro, would it be better to > > set up the PDC to run as a wins server? wins server = yes > > > > I was just curious because I found some documentation on the wins server > > option, but for the most part, it was glossed over with real no > > explanation. Granted, I know what wins purpose is, but would like to > > find out more about better implementation in my network.. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Jason > > > > >-- John H Terpstra Email: jht@samba.org
Just thought i'd share a quick tid bit of info I found out today as to WHY I have to run wins on my samba PDC... I was in the process today of setting up some VPN connections through our firewall. Reading through the docs, there was a part there that specifically said that a Wins server is needed. I was a little surprised by this so I contacted the vendor to verify this. They informed me that a WINS server is very much needed or the VPN would not work properly at all. Must to my dismay, looks like im up a creek with out a paddle at this point. Oh well. Hopefully, in the future, when management starts listening instead of barking, I can set up things my way. :) I appreciate everyones help on this list. Everyone is great. Cheers, Jason At 10:19 PM 8/15/2003 +0000, you wrote:>On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Jason Williams wrote: > > > Just something I thought about today really. > > Since I am running samba 2.2.8a as a PDC on my network and all of my > > workstations for my clients are Windows 2000 Pro, would it be better to set > > up the PDC to run as a wins server? wins server = yes > >Do you have any idea how frustrating it is to see this question? > >It means that years of saying "USE WINS IT IS GOOD FOR YOU" has had no >effect! :) > >Oh well. Go on, use WINS, it's good for you! :) > > > > > I was just curious because I found some documentation on the wins server > > option, but for the most part, it was glossed over with real no > > explanation. Granted, I know what wins purpose is, but would like to find > > out more about better implementation in my network.. > >Please refer me to chapter and pages in the Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf >available from the Samba-3.0.0 CVS code tree. Tell us please where it is >glossed over so we can fix it. We need to get the message across. This is >so important, and yet we have had so little in the way of patches and >documentation updates. You can help to make it better though, and your >input is welcome. > >- John T. >-- >John H Terpstra >Email: jht@samba.org