NT4 Network / WINS

[Ron]

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My configuration:
NT4 SP6a with WINS, DHCP services installed (server has a static IP, for
example: 192.168.5.120/24)
Win95,98,2000pro clients etc.

The clients are configured as follows (DNS IP addresses are our ISP's real
IP addresses):

Windows 98 IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . : MYWIN98PC
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : 64.105.132.250
64.105.166.122
Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . :
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No
NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : No

0 Ethernet adapter :

Description . . . . . . . . : CNet PRO200WL PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . : 05-00-BC-5E-0A-2C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 192.168.5.32
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . : 192.168.5.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 192.168.5.120
Primary WINS Server . . . . : 192.168.5.120
Secondary WINS Server . . . :
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 04 28 04 9:48:15 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . : 05 01 04 9:48:15 AM

Here's what puzzles me:
We lost our (DSL) internet connection for 30 minutes yesterday. During that
time, some of our client machines were UNABLE to ping NT servers (in the
LAN) by NAME. I could ping them by IP address and got 4 replies. When the
internet connection came back on, I was able to ping NT servers by name.

My question is, since we have WINS in our LAN, why does the internet
connection matter? This is really weird. Btw, we only have 1 subnet, 1 NT4
domain. What I noticed was that Win95 machines were the ones that couldn't
ping NT servers by name. I got no problem with Win98 machines.

Anyone?

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc (More info?)

Ping uses dns, not wins.