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Even though Windows 2000's Active Directory is based on Domain Name Service, the venerable Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) - which goes back to Windows for Workgroups - is still being used. Beyond that, WINS has been enhanced for the release of Microsoft Windows 2000 Server. The new WINS is an easier-to-manage and more robust solution for mapping NetBIOS names to IP addresses on TCP/IP networks.

WINS provides a distributed database for registering and querying dynamic computer name-to-IP address mapping in a routed network environment. This support for dynamic registering of NetBIOS computer names means that WINS can be used with Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) services to provide easy configuration and administration of Windows-based TCP/IP networks.

The WINS server solves the problems inherent in resolving NetBIOS names through IP broadcasts, and frees you from having to update static mapping files, such as LMHOST files. WINS also automatically updates the WINS database when dynamic addressing through DHCP results in new IP addresses for computers that move between subnets. Neither the user nor the network administrator needs to make manual accommodations for such name resolutions.

The new implementation of WINS provides a number of features, including support for persistent connections, manual tombstoning, improved management tools, enhanced filtering and record searching, increased fault tolerance, and dynamic re-registration.

This new generation of WINS services is designed to make many network management tasks easier for network managers.

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