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Script to Connect to Network Drive
Good Day all, I've gleaned so much information from these posts, that I thought it's time for me to contribute something, as well. So, here we go: I have created a little vbscript, which can be...
daztrue wrote: But I was actually wondering whether it was possible for the router itself to be the WINS server,
The router likely does not have the capability to perform WINS built-in (most do not). In fact, most don't even have DNS capabilities --- they merely forward the DNS request to the upstream (ISP) DNS server.
daztrue wrote: If not, no problem; I'm just curious as ideally the router is obviously the centre of the LAN, and the Primary DNS Server uses the router/LAN IP, so I wondered if the WINS Server could do the same.
The router is acting as the central point, however, it forwards WINS requests to the NAS to perform the lookup.
daztrue wrote: But why is the release and renew necessary when it wasn't at client level,
The DHCP settings are sent to the client during boot. The renew & release is required merely to update the computer's DHCP-assigned settings (specifically, the addition of the WINS server). You could also just reboot the PC, but the release/renew/purge is quicker.
daztrue wrote: I've currently got some IPs reserved within DHCP pool, being used by clients.
If they are "static" reservations (i.e. the IP addressed is reserved in the DHCP by MAC address of client), then the same release/renew commands will update the DHCP settings to include the WINS server address. The purge (nbtstat -R)will flush any cached addresses and force the client to request new ones from the WINS server.
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