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DataSafe NAS User’s Manual 

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WINS clients attempt to register their names with a 
WINS server when they start or join the network. 
Thereafter, WINS clients query the WINS server as 
needed to resolve remote names.

The purpose of this property page is to allow 
you to enter the addresses of EXTERNAL WINS 
servers. The DataSafe NAS does not contain a 
WINS server.

WINS-enabled clients are computers that can be 
configured to make direct use of a WINS server. Most 
WINS clients typically have more than one NetBIOS 
name that they must register for use with the network. 
These names are used to publish various types of 
network service, such as the Messenger or 
Workstation Service, that each computer can use in 
various ways to communicate with other computers 
on the network.
WINS-enabled clients communicate with the WINS 
server to: 

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Register client names in the WINS database. 

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Renew client names with the WINS database. 

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Release client names from the WINS database. 

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Resolve names by obtaining mappings from the 
WINS database for user names, NetBIOS names, 
DNS names, and IP addresses. 

Clients that are not WINS-enabled can use WINS 
proxies to participate in these processes in a limited 
way. If you are using a DHCP server to allocate WINS 
server IP addresses, you do not need to add WINS 
server addresses. 
Keep in mind that the Web UI only allows you to 
manipulate two WINS addresses, and even then only if