Subj : Re: Network bindings ques To : Chris Robinson From : Neil Santos Date : Sat Mar 31 2001 09:10 pm Reply to a message Chris wrote on 03-29-01 13:40, for Neil.santos > actually, wins stands for "windows internet naming service". CR> Fair enough - that's why i put "probably?" in brackets. yeah... i know ;) > names to ip addresses. when winds is combined with bns CR> This is a quote? winds and bns? bah! it was three in the morning that time! ;b > I mean, wins and dns are two differrent services, if this book > i have is to be trusted. why would microsoft opt to take out nt's ability to > provide dynamic name resolution? CR> I think Win2k uses something called dynamic DNS which is, AFAIK, WINS, CR> DNS and DHCP CR> all kinda bundled together (damn, I'm technical ). I believe this you damn sure are ;) but... hold on... wouldn't that be a bit of overkill for companies that don't have use for wins and dhcp? CR> helps solves CR> update problems that used to exist between DNS and WINS (i.e. they CR> didn't update each other). nah... they're just doing it the "microsoft way" ;b CR> Perhaps I worded "done away with" a bit wrong. nope! i'm just a 16 year old asshole > the last time i've used w2k was when it was still in rc2 CR> :o) Win2k is sweet - I've been using it for a while and have since had CR> the most stable system I've ever had :o) i'm sure i'd upgrade someday, but i'd prefer if i'd have it preinstalled if and when i grab a new box. atm tho, i'm doing fine on my nt server box :) only had twop STOP errors on it -- both when i tried to see how far it would go on my p233, 32mb, 3 gig box ;b -- ==[:: n e 0 _ a k t ::]== masochistic computer geek -------------------------------------------------------------------- :: ls user# 1725 | pls user# 7 :: icq / 33132073 :: irc / ne0_akt :: :: http://ether.quadrent.net/ :: @ef.net [ #skinnerz / #ls_help ] :: -------------------------------------------------------------------- .... A feature is a bug with seniority. ___ Blue Wave/386 v2.30 --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5 * Origin: The File Bank BBS! Makati. Philippines +63-2-896-3116 (6:751/321) .