Specifications

TCP/IP Network Characteristics
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WINS Display Example
The following shows a typical example of the WINS display:
Local> SHOW INTERNET NAME RESOLUTION
NetBIOS (WINS) Name Resolution:
Primary WINS server: 6.20.44.55
Secondary WINS server 16.125.14.235 (from DHCP)
Domain Name Resolution:
Domain Name: finance.acme.com (from DHCP)
Resolution Host Limit: 32 Resolution Time Limit: 4
Resolution Mode: Ordered Resolution Retry Limit: 3
Nameservers (Locally configured):
99.99.99.99 Local name.acme.com (from DHCP)
Nameservers (Learned):
99.99.99.99 Local name.acme.com
88.88.88.88 Local secondary.acme.com
DHCP server: 16.20.244.250
Local>
The following table lists the WINS characteristics displayed in the previous
example. (See the Displaying DNS Characteristics section in this chapter for a
description of the DNS characteristics shown in the example.)
If a DHCP server provides the WINS servers and Domain Name information, the
display includes “(from DHCP)” at the end of each line of information and the
name of the DHCP server at the end of the display.
Field Description
Primary The Internet address or host name for the primary WINS server.
Secondary The Internet address or host name for the WINS server used when the
primary WINS server is not available.