Setting up Linux box as WINS client

[David Bannon]

At 04:00 PM 05/12/2000 -0600, Charles Lacour wrote:
>I'll give some background in a sec, but briefly:
>
>How do I set up a Linux box to register itself with a WINS server 

wins server = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

>I set the "wins server" to the name (DNS name, not IP address) 

I use the ip address. Just to save lookup ??

>having a new PDC pop up and start fighting for control is NOT likely to
make me popular.

As long as a 'new pdc' has a different domain name there will be no
problems. Don't use the same domain name as an existing domain or you will
have a dog fight that will, as you say, make you very unpopular !
 
Note that wins is not an instant protocol. You will need to leave it
running for a while before everything  is registered. 20 minutes ??

David
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