WINS [Points to Remember]

WINS [Points to Remember]

1. The NetBIOS name can have max of 16 characters, while adding to domain max of 15 characters are recommended because the domain adds the $ sign as suffix taking total to 16.
2. NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP) Runs over TCP/IP by default.
3. LMHOST (LAN Manager Host) is file available in local machine (C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc) ,consists of hostname entries mapped to ip address (its basically first step of troubleshooting for name resolution issues in local network)

Name Resolution Search Order
Search Order B-Node – Broadcast (Configured by default when WINS server is not configured in the network)
• Local resolved cache 
• LM Host File
• Broadcast

Search Order for P-Node 
• Local resolved cache 
• LM Host File
• WINS Server

Search Order for M-Node (Mixed)
• Local resolved cache 
• LM Host File
• Broadcast
• WINS Server

Search Order for H-Node (Hybrid) 
(Configured by default when WINS server IP is configured in DHCP Server Options)
• Local resolved cache 
• LM Host File
• WINS Server
• Broadcast