What is WINS?
It does name resolution (?!)
- DNS resolves IP numbers and FQDN
- ARP resolves IP numbers and MAC addresses
- WINS resolves NetBIOS names and IP numbers (see last class meeting)
- It is dynamic, as clients boot they provide the information
- H-node (default to Wins, then broadcast)
- not compatible with DNS protocol, but in NT can be linked to the NT DNS service
- reduces traffic and need for LMHOSTS