Assigning WINS from the Max works fine for me. (I'm currently on 5.0Ap20 but it worked with earlier versions too.) At 09:31 AM 9/4/97, Lou Melograna wrote: >We have a customer who has the IP address of 2 WINS servers >set up under: > >Ethernet/Mod Config. They also have a DNS entry set up for >their DNS server. They can ping items by name if they are >listed on the DNS server just fine. Their complaint is that >"WINS doesn't work.". When the users dial in via modem, they >use an IP pool which assigns an address and all IP addresses >are pingable, including the WINS servers, and all items by >name that are listed in their DNS server. However, they >complain that WINS does not work. In other words, the WINS >servers are assigned to the WIn95 dial in clients (they only >use TCP/IP as their protocol on the dial-up adapter. However, >they cannot ping anything by name (from the dial-in client or >the MAX) that is assigned by the WINS server and does not >reside in the DNS server. I do not use WINS enough to >understand anything other than it is a way to resolve NetBIOS >names from TCP/IP addresses. Everything else works fine >though. The MAX version is 5.0A. If this is even a logical >question, I am unsure, but I hope someone can help clear this >up for me. > >Best regards, > >Lou. > > >------------------------------------- >Name: Lou Melograna >Atrion Communications Resources >185-I Industrial Parkway >Branchburg, NJ 08876 >Phone: 908.231.7777 ext.112 >Fax: 908.231.8228 >E-mail: Lou Melograna <lmelogra@AtrionComm.com> >Date: 9/4/97 >Time: 9:31:00 AM > >------------------------------------- > >++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ >To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com >To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> > > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg08339.html">(ASCEND) Max4000 & WINS</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Lou Melograna <lmelogra@AtrionComm.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg08345.html">Re: (ASCEND) competition? (fwd)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg08344.html">Re: (ASCEND) Re: Re: OSPF question</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg08339.html">(ASCEND) Max4000 & WINS</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg08361.html">Re: (ASCEND) Max4000 & WINS</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail22.html#08346"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd151.html#08346"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>