Ok, you have a 2K server which means you could have DHCP & DNS server process running on it if you want it, which would be my suggestion. It's a bit of reading and some work but pays off in the end!
On every client machine I use DHCP & always get the same IP's thanks to lease reservations from the DHCP server. Can always find other systems thanks to a local DNS server & a local domain. A trick learned years ago was using ".local" for a domain. So like I can access my laptop share via "\\laptop.mydomain.local\share" for example. ".local" top-level domain does not exist on internet, thus won't resolve through any DNS server other than yours which is the only DNS server you talk to directly from inside the LAN. VERY generally speaking, my 2k server is a Domain Controller setup like this: NIC settings: IP & Preferred DNS same static IP AKA 'points to itself'. DNS server: "Enable Forwarders" checked & IP's of Verizon's DNS servers filled in. DHCP server: Reservations by MAC address ensure dedicated IP's using DHCP. This also creates/updates the DNS server entries (forward/reverse) for each IP. Another benefit is you can push other settings via DHCP like default gateway, time server, mail server, etc... There are no other DHCP servers enabled (modem, router, etc...) on the LAN. I'm sure I've just set you up for about 2 weeks of reading Duncan! ;) DHSinclair wrote: > Ah,......not sure how to answer the 1st question. > It is an Intel dual P3-1G machine running Windows > 2000 Server. I do not think I use it as an FTP server, > a File server, a ??? server. I admit, I am a 'server' noob! > > OK, so WINS is somehow linked to the use of a DNS > server? That would be a local DNS server on my local > server? > > Hmmm, I have all my clients pointed to the > suggested DNS servers for my area in the Bellsouth > network. I was using the Open DNS servers suggested > here some months back. It seems that ATT/Bellsouth > did not care for my using the Open DNS servers. I got > lots of questionable connects in my router's status log > last week. > > I suppose I really opened this can of worms because as I > was re-addressing all my NIC cards, they all bitched at me > if I left the WINS server addy blank! So, I just put in the net > addy of my local server. "Local' as in right here, 18 inches > from where I sit and type this reply...... :) > > OK, there is that word 'domain' again. Recall that we spoke of > this before, but most of it went over my head. I parked the topic > until I could get the LAN re-addressed and BB working. > Now may be the time to grapple with it again. > I am clearly in over my head! LOL! > Best, > Duncan > > At 21:51 10/22/2007 -0400, j maccraw wrote: > >> What kind of server are you running? >> >> No need for WINS if you have your own DNS server >> running, even less so if >> running a windows domain and everyone is a member. >> >> DHSinclair wrote: >> > What is the service name I need to find on my >> server to deals with a >> > WINS Server? >> > >> > Can't find a similar service in the current stack. >> I have all my clients >> > pointed to my server as their "WINS Server." >> > >> > Is this OK? No, I have not created a domain yet. Do >> I need to? >> > Best, >> > Duncan >> > >> > >> > This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by >> ZCloud.net >> > >> > >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com > > > This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
