Siemens Unix V4.0 - Manual (Page 213)

Implementing WINS Setting Up a WINS Server
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10.2.4 Planning Replication Partners and Proxies
Choosing whether to configure another WINS server as a push partner or pull partner
depends on several considerations, including the specific configuration of servers at your
site, whether the partner is across a wide area network (WAN), and how important it is to
distribute changes throughout the network.
Only one computer configured as a WINS proxy should be installed on each subnet.
(Configuring more than one WINS proxy per subnet can overload the WINS servers on the
same subnet.)
In one possible configuration, one WINS server can be designated as the central server,
and all other WINS servers can be configured as both push partner and pull partner of this
central server. Such a configuration ensures that the WINS database on each server
contains addresses for every node on the WAN.
Another option is to set up a chain of WINS servers, where each server is both the push
partner and pull partner with a nearby WINS server. In such a configuration, the two servers
at the ends of the chain would be push and pull partners with each other. Other replication
partners can be established for your site’s needs.
10.3 Setting Up a WINS Server
Advanced Server WINS is installed along with the Advanced Server software. Before
setting up a WINS server, be sure to meet the following requirements:
1. UNIX threads are required in order to execute the WINS service. You have to use one
of the following packages depending on the version of the operating system:
– DCE-THR 2.0A20 (or a later version)
– SIthreads
The "SIthreads" package is included on the operating system CD with more recent
operating system versions. This package replaces the previous version "DCE-THR". In
this case, you should only use the "SIthreads" package.
The WINS service is the only Advanced Server service that is dependent on the
UNIX threads package.
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