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TCP/IP Network Characteristics 7-31
Assigning WINS Server Addresses
Assigning WINS Server Addresses
What Does WINS Do?
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) performs NetBIOS name and IP address
resolution, similar to the Domain Name Service (DNS). WINS allows systems that use
NetBIOS to communicate with each other over TCP/IP.
What Is WINS Autoconfigure?
The WINS autoconfigure feature on the access server allows dial-up clients to receive
WINS configuration information automatically from the access server when
establishing a remote PPP connection.
The access server provides the remote client with the addresses of WINS primary and
secondary servers that it finds in its RAM.
Operation
The access server receives WINS server addresses in one of the following ways:
• From a DHCP server on the network, if the DHCP is enabled on the access server.
• From access server commands that you enter at a local or remote console.
The following shows how the remote client receives WINS server information from
the access server: