From: "Robert Comer" 

> Picture running WINS on a network where there is no DHCP and every machine
> has 200 IP addresses assigned to it.  That's a webfarm..

Ouch, that gave me a headache.

- Bob Comer


"Geo."  wrote in message
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> Picture running WINS on a network where there is no DHCP and every machine
> has 200 IP addresses assigned to it.  That's a webfarm..
>
> Geo.
>
> "Rich"  wrote in message news:3eb9a60f{at}w3.nls.net...
>    Or use WINS and/or DNS and don't distribute anything.
>
> Rich
>
>   "Geo."  wrote in message
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>   "Rich"  wrote in message news:3eb7e7c0$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>   >>   Why?  WINS is fully dynamic.  Manually editing and distributing
> LMHOSTS
>   is crazy.
>
>   # Specifying "#INCLUDE " will force the
RFC NetBIOS (NBT)
>   # software to seek the specified  and parse it as if it were
>   # local.  is generally a UNC-based name, allowing a
>   # centralized lmhosts file to be maintained on a server.
>   # It is ALWAYS necessary to provide a mapping for the IP address of the
>   # server prior to the #INCLUDE. This mapping must use the #PRE
directive.
>   # In addtion the share "public" in the example below must be in the
>   # LanManServer list of "NullSessionShares" in order for
client machines
to
>   # be able to read the lmhosts file successfully. This key is under
>   #
>
>
\machine\system\currentcontrolset\services\lanmanserver\parameters\nullsessi
>   onshares
>   # in the registry. Simply add "public" to the list found there.
>   #
>   # The #BEGIN_ and #END_ALTERNATE keywords allow multiple #INCLUDE
>   # statements to be grouped together. Any single successful include
>   # will cause the group to succeed.
>
>   Nothing crazy about it, any web hosting outfit is probably using static
IP
>   for all their servers. You need the include and one entry for the server
>   holding the included lmhosts file and your all set. All you do then is
>   maintain one lmhosts file which is distributed automagically.
>
>   Geo.
>
>
>

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