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Implementing WINS Planning for WINS Server Implementation
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10.2.1 Planning for WINS Client Network Traffic
WINS clients generate the following types of network traffic:
● Name registration
● Name refresh
● Name release
● Name query
When a WINS-enabled client starts on the network, it sends a name registration request for
the computer name, user name, domain name, and any additional Microsoft network client
services running on the computer. In other words, when a WINS client starts on the network,
it generates a minimum of three name registration requests and three entries in the WINS
database.
Any server (either NT Server or Advanced Server for UNIX) usually registers more NetBIOS
names than other WINS-enabled clients. The name registration requests generated by a
server include the following:
● Server component
● Domain names
● Browser service name
● Additional network program and service names
10.2.1.1 WINS Client Traffic on Routed Networks
When planning for WINS client traffic on large routed networks, consider the effect of name
query, registration, and response traffic routed between subnets.
Name requests and responses that occur at the daily startup of computers must pass
through the traffic queues on the routers and may cause delays at peak times.