A. Once your machine is configured to point at a WINS
server (and maybe a second backup WINS server);
- Upon startup, registers your NetBIOS name with WINS. This dynamic
update means that you will ALWAYS get the name/IP mapping that is
current.
If there is already a machine out there with the same name, a request
is sent to it by WINS. If it doesn't respond, you get the OK. If it is
out there and alive, you get a negative name acknowledgment.
- Need to talk with machine XXX? Send a NetBIOS name query to the WINS
server. (no broadcasts! no LMHOSTS!)
- If WINS finds a match, it will respond with the correct TCP/IP
address of the target machine.