The WINS Tab

The WINS Tab

By adding the IP addresses of WINS servers in the WINS tab, shown in Figure 3.9, you specify that those servers be used in order to resolve a NetBIOS name to an IP address. The order can
be adjusted after address entry.

FIGURE 3 . 8 The DNS tab of the Advanced TCP/IP Settings dialog box

FIGURE 3 . 9 The WINS tab of the Advanced TCP/IP Settings dialog box

On this tab, you can enable the use of the local LMHOSTS file in the %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc folder of the Windows 2000 family of operating systems. You can also make choices

concerning the use of NetBIOS over TCP/IP.

Note:

For the value of variables, such as %SystemRoot%, execute the set command from a command prompt on your Microsoft Windows machine.

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The DNS Tab

The DNS Tab

You use the DNS tab, shown in Figure 3.8, to add, edit, or remove DNS server addresses and adjust the order in which they will be queried. You also have quite a bit of granularity with how you can control the use of DNS suffixes, which refer to the part of FQDNs that should be used when you’re trying to resolve a name to an IP address and the entered name alone does not produce a match. Dynamic DNS settings are adjusted in this tab as well.
You know from earlier in this chapter that an FQDN consists of the name of the host followed by the domain name. For example, if the name of the local computer is wallaby and the domain is sybex.com, the FQDN is wallaby.sybex.com.

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The IP Settings Tab

The IP Settings Tab

You use the IP Settings tab, shown in Figure 3.7, to specify, edit, or remove additional IP addresses for this device when you are not using DHCP. This can be helpful when the device is acting as more than one type of server. Using an IP address for each type of server aids in clarity during configuration and troubleshooting. Additionally, you can make the same kinds of adjustments to the statically configured default gateway(s). The interface metric can be used to cause the device to favor one interface over another for otherwise equivalent routes. This is most helpful when the device is acting as a router with multiple NIC cards and possibly a dynamic
routing protocol (such as RIP or OSPF) running.

FIGURE 3 . 7 The IP Settings tab of the Advanced TCP/IP Settings dialog box

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