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Hi Peter,
I thought I should get an NT expert onto this. If this
works ftp John a beer :-)
Whatever happens let me know so I can put it in the HOWTO
Joe
"Bailey, John" wrote:
>
> Hi Joe,
>
> I've looked in a few places for an answer to this problem.
>
> Just so I know the problem, let me restate.
>
> 1) A machine is trying to register its IP with a WINS server that sits on
> the other side of a redirector.
>
> 2) The machine tries to register it's Real IP instead of its Virtual IP.
>
> 3) A static entry on the WINS server solves the RIP registration problem
> until the machine reboots and tries to reregister with WINS. The
> registration fails because WINS has a static enty, and the network will not
> function.
>
> The trick is to tell the machine to determine its hostname/IP before
> checking/registering with the WINS.
>
> If the name resolution search order is the same at boot time versus any
> other regular name resolution request, then this should work.
>
> Keep the static WINS entry. Edit the LMHOSTS file (located in
> %WINNT%\system32\drivers\etc\lmhosts, copy the sample file - lmhosts.sam -
> if it isn't there). At the end of the file, add an entry of the form RIP
> hostname #PRE. Here is an example:
>
> 192.18.97.195 myNTNetBIOSname #PRE
>
> Load this entry into the NB cache with the command:
>
> nbtstat -R
>
> Or you can use the standard Microsoft operating procedures ( reboot ;-)
>
> The idea here is that the machine looks in a series of places for name
> resolution (Ref:
> http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q119/4/93.asp?LN=EN-US&SD=g
> n&FR=0 ). The NB Cache is checked before the WINS server. The LMHOSTS file
> is checked after the WINS server (this search order may be configurable in
> the Registry. Node type specification also controls order. Default for a
> WINS client is H-node, B-node for non WINS). The LMHOST entry preloads the
> NB cache with a persistent entry. You want this entry at the end of LMHOSTS
> because it only needs to be read once and normal entries will be parsed
> before when looking up IPs.
>
> This method (assuming it works) should allow you to still use WINS and keep
> the correct IP/local NetBIOS name resolution.
>
> Let me know if it does work. Thanks.
>
> John C. Bailey
> Technical Support
> Engage, Inc.
> jbailey@xxxxxxxxxx
> (919) 872 7755 x3308 Direct
> (888) 693 2237 Toll Free
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Joseph Mack PhD, Senior Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin
contractor to the National Environmental Supercomputer Center,
mailto:mack.joseph@xxxxxxx ph# 919-541-0007, RTP, NC, USA
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