Re: Using IFS for Antivirus Updates to PC's ? -- MIDRANGE-L

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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
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Just my 2 cents,
Philipp

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