wins-hook question
Maxim Berlin
mak at rtsnet.ru
Wed Jan 12 21:24:03 GMT 2000
Hello Giulio,
Thursday, January 13, 2000, you wrote:
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GO> wins hook fires for "WORKGROUP <00>" with ip 255.255.255.255.
GO> Is this correct being WORKGROUP <00> a group name?
GO> This cause the log file I use to register the name/ip mappings to
GO> include the mapping "WORKGROUP 255.255.255.255"
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http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q163/4/09.asp?LNG=ENG&SA=ALLKB
...
Group (G): A normal group; the single name may exist with many IP
addresses. WINS responds to a name query on a group name with the
limited broadcast address (255.255.255.255). Because routers block the
transmission of these addresses, the Internet Group was designed to
service communications between subnets.
....
Best wishes,
Maxim mailto:mak at rtsnet.ru
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