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Assigning WINS Server Addresses
7-32 TCP/IP Network Characteristics
Assigning WINS Addresses
If you enable DHCP on the access server, it receives the WINS server addresses from
a DHCP server on the network and writes the values to VRAM when you reinitialize
the access server. When a remote client sends a request to the access server for WINS
server addresses during PPP negotiation, the access server responds with the addresses
it finds in VRAM.
If you disable DHCP, or need to change the WINS server addresses at a time when you
do not want to reinitialize the access server, you can set the addresses manually. Use
the SET/DEFINE/CHANGE INTERNET WINS [PRIMARY|SECONDARY]
command for this purpose.
WINS Address Example
The following example shows how to set primary and secondary WINS server
addresses on the access server:
Local> CHANGE INTERNET WINS PRIMARY 12.30.34.10
Local> CHANGE INTERNET WINS SECONDARY 12.150.25.5
Displaying WINS Characteristics
Use the SHOW/LIST INTERNET NAME RESOLUTION command to view the
WINS server addresses stored in the access server’s VRAM (or NVRAM).
WINS Display Example
The following shows a typical example of the WINS display:
Local> SHOW INTERNET NAME RESOLUTION
NetBIOS (WINS) Name Resolution:
Primary WINS server: 16.20.44.55
Secondary WINS server 16.125.14.235 (from DHCP)
Domain Name Resolution:
Domain Name: finance.acme.com (from DHCP)
Resolution Host Limit: 32 Resolution Time Limit: 4
Resolution Mode: Ordered Resolution Retry Limit: 3
Nameservers (Locally configured):
99.99.99.99 Local name.acme.com (from DHCP)