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Old November 15th 07, 03:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
tek
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Default what to find the WINS server in my LAN

On Nov 15, 8:32 am, tek wrote:
On Nov 15, 3:21 am, "Steve Winograd [MVP]"
wrote:

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tek wrote:
What command can I execute to find which PC is acting as the WINS
server in my LAN?


If a network connection has been configured to use a WINS server,
"ipconfig/all" will show the server's IP address.


At the risk of stating what you already know: a typical workgroup
network doesn't have a WINS server. WINS usually requires a computer
running a server operating system.


The \windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts files on each PC do not
contain static IPs because the router is the DHCP server. What allows
me to ping by hostname if there is no WINS server available? I must be
missing something in the way NetBIOS works.



I downloaded the nblookup tool and these are the results I get when I
execute it. It's telling me that each PC is an acting WINS server and
I don't understand how that can be true. BTW, I should mention all the
PCs in the LAN are Windows XP Home SP2.

C:\Tempnblookup -s pc1

pc1 resolved to 192.168.0.106
Default Server: 192.168.0.106

Recursion is on

Querying WINS Server: 192.168.0.106
NetBIOS Name: pc1
Suffix: 20

Name returned: PC1
Record type: Unique
IP Address: 192.168.0.106

....

C:\Tempnblookup -s pc2

pc2 resolved to 192.168.0.105
Default Server: 192.168.0.105

Recursion is on

Querying WINS Server: 192.168.0.105
NetBIOS Name: pc2
Suffix: 20

Name returned: PC2
Record type: Unique
IP Address: 192.168.0.105
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