Siemens Unix V4.0 - Manual (Page 218)

Implementing WINS Using WINS Manager
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Use WINS Manager to configure WINS server management of WINS client mappings by
using the configuration options in the WINS Server Configuration dialog box. The
configuration options allow you to specify time intervals that govern WINS client behavior
as described in the following table.
The extinction interval, extinction timeout, and verify interval are derived from the renewal
interval and the partner replication interval. The WINS server adjusts the values specified
by the administrator to keep the inconsistency between a WINS server and its partners as
small as possible. The defaults for the four configurable timer values have been chosen
with care and in general they should not be modified.
Configuration option Description
Renewal Interval Specifies the length of time that a registered name is valid
without a refresh. A WINS client will try to refresh a registered
name already after half of the interval is expired. If there is no
successful refresh within the Renewal Interval; the name is
marked as released. The default is six days.
Extinction Interval Specifies the interval between when an entry is marked as
released and when it is marked as extinct. The default is
dependent on the renewal interval and, if the WINS server has
replication partners, on the maximum replication time interval.
The default is six days.
Extinction Timeout Specifies the interval between when an entry is marked extinct
and when the entry is finally scavenged from the database.
The default is dependent on the renewal interval and, if the
WINS server has replication partners, on the maximum repli-
cation time interval. The default is six days.
Verify Interval Specifies the interval after which the WINS server must verify
that old names it does not own are still active. The default is
dependent on the extinction interval. The minimum allowable
value is 24 days.