RE: Using IFS for Antivirus Updates to PC's ?

>Definitely not ! You don't need WINS to get Symantec Antivirus to do 
>that, I do it without WINS
>at a customers site with all W2K and WinXP boxes, it does all fine. 

You've gotten Client Rollout to work off a DNS server? The only way I've
gotten it to "see" the machines for me to deploy to is WINS or by
loading the IPs into a text file and importing.

-Walden

PS. I never said I _like_ WINS, just that I've found it's necessary in
some cases.

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Walden H Leverich III
President & CEO
Tech Software
(516) 627-3800 x11
WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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(Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
 
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Philipp Rusch
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 3:46 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Using IFS for Antivirus Updates to PC's ?

comments inside:

Walden H. Leverich schrieb:

>>From: Philipp Rusch
>>If you use the windows server machine DON'T GO WINS !
>>Even Microsoft doesn't recommend it's use anymore, the way to go is
>>    
>>
>DNS, 
>
>In theory I agree, however a number of things still rely on a WINS
>server being around. If you're in an all XP environment and have no 3rd
>party software that wants WINS you're ok, but otherwise it's been my
>experience that you still need WINS. 
>
>BTW, the QNTC subsystem wants a WINS server. And in my case Symantec's
>AntiVirus wants a WINS server to discover the network. 
>
Definitely not ! You don't need WINS to get Symantec Antivirus to do 
that, I do it without WINS
at a customers site with all W2K and WinXP boxes, it does all fine.

What is so BAD about WINS that one would very much like to avoid its use

in a network ?
It's simply the fact that WINS uses broadcasts throughout your whole 
network every so and so
seconds. This produces a "background noise" in your net and wastes
bandwith.
There are better ways around, one is DDNS.

>-Walden
>
>------------
>Walden H Leverich III
>President & CEO
>Tech Software
>(516) 627-3800 x11
>WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>http://www.TechSoftInc.com 
>
>Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
>(Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
> 
>
Just my 2 cents,
Philipp
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