I see no particular reason that WINS should care what domain it's in. WINS job is to do name resolution similar to the function of DNS. Neither really cares where it lives as long as it lives.
Al -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pelle, Joe Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:09 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] WINS topic I know there has been some debate in this group recently about WINS in AD but I wanted to get your feedback regarding an empty root domain: Do you need a WINS server in an empty root domain? If so, would pointing WINS back to the child domain WINS server be a bad idea? Other than AD traffic nothing should be happening at the root level (other than DNS forwarding) so I'm not sure I understand why WINS would be needed... We have Exchange 2003 running (which I realize has somewhat of a dependency on WINS) but the Exchange server(s) are in the child domain where we have WINS already running. Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Joe Pelle Senior Infrastructure Architect Information Technology Valassis / IT 19975 Victor Parkway Livonia, MI 48152 Tel 734.591.7324 Fax 734.632.6151 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.valassis.com/ <http://www.valassis.com/> This message may include proprietary or protected information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify me, delete this message, and do not further communicate the information contained herein without my express written consent. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
