WINS - Windows Internet Name Service


Web Sites
WINS Service Product Operations Guide - This guide describes processes and procedures for improving the management of the Windows Server 2003 WINS service in an IT infrastructure. This material should be useful for anyone planning to deploy this product into an existing IT infrastructure, especially one based on ITIL.

White Papers
Microsoft Windows 2000 TCP/IP Implementation Details - White paper from Microsoft regarding Microsoft's implementation of TCP/IP. 130 pages.
Microsoft Windows NT Browser - White paper dealing with domain browsing on NT 4.0 based on NetBios names. A must if you're working with NT 4.0 and a more thorough understanding when working with Windows 2000 or later. 49 pages.
Technical Overview of Windows Server 2003 Networking and Access Technologies - This white paper provides a technical overview of networking and communications enhancements in Windows Server 2003. Concepts in this paper are eg. L2TP/IPSec, mobility, VPN, NAT, NLB, TCP/IP, IPv6, DHCP, DNS, WINS and IAS. 59 pages.
Windows 2000 Server Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) Overview - Microsoft white paper on the new WINS features on NT 5.0. 13 pages.
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS): Architecture and Capacity Planning - White paper from Microsoft on WINS. Deals only with NT 4.0 WINS and should therefore be supplemented with "Windows 2000 Server Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) Overview". 67 pages.

Programs
NBLookup.exe command-line tool - NBLookup is a command line diagnostic tool that uses the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) to send NetBIOS name queries to Microsoft Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) servers. NBLookup requires TCP/IP version 4 to run. WINS servers accept name resolution requests on UDP port 137.