How to Manually Add a Dynamic WINS Entry to a Windows 2000 WINS Server

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

SUMMARY

This article describes how to manually add a dynamic mapping to a Windows 2000 Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) server by using the WINSMON extension in NETSH.

MORE INFORMATION

To manually add a dynamic entry to WINS:

1. At a command prompt, type netsh, and then press ENTER.



2. Type wins, and then press ENTER.



3. Type server, and then press ENTER. (To manage a remote WINS server, type server [\\servername or XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX].)



4. Issue the appropriate command, as in the following examples:
   
   
   
   • add name Name=HOSTA RecType=1 IP={10.0.0.1}
     Adds a default NetBIOS record set of the 00h, 03h, 20h records for a computer named HOSTA as dynamic entries with a mapped IP address of 10.0.0.1.
   
   
   

Full Syntax

Usage:

add name  [[Name=]servername] [[Endchar=]16th char in Hex]
          [[Scope=]scopename] [[RecType=]RecordType]
          [[Group=]GroupType] [[Node=]NodeType] [[IP=]Ip addresses]

Name     : Name to register.
Endchar  : If 16th char is present and if present the hex value
           (will override group type)
Scope    : If Scope is required and if required, the scope name.
RecType  : Type of records, 0- Static (default), 1-Dynamic.
Group    : Type of group, 0-Unique, 1- Group, 2- Internet
              3- Multihomed 4 - Domain Name.
           (will be ignored if EndChar is specified.)
Node     : Type of Node 0-P Node, 1-H Node, 2-B Node.
IP       : List of Ip address separated by commas and enclosed by
              {}. 

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv kbnetwork
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto