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Date:      Mon, 18 May 1998 15:59:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Dongre, Prashant" <ppd2@exchange.co.westchester.ny.us>
Cc:        "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: WINS Server port availability ?????
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980518155909.9951V-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <c=US%a=_%p=Westchester%l=MOB1_EXCH_DC1-980518211937Z-478@exch-dc1.co.westchester.ny.us>

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On Mon, 18 May 1998, Dongre, Prashant wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> Can a combined DNS, DHCP and also WINS (Windows Internet Name Resolution
> / NetBIOS name resolution) protocol support possible using a FreeBSD.
> 
> We have a big LAN and some UNIX applications which understand only
> WINS/NetBIOS name resolution to find IP addresses of the client systems.
> It is planned that every department would have it's own DNS/DHCP and
> WINS server.

Check the Samba distribution, it may support WINS resolution.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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