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From FVS338 to BR500: DHCP option 046, WINS server address, is very useful on Windows networks

I've upgraded from FVS338, which is EOL, to BR500 (currently the only option, and a very decent one!), and the feature that I've lost in translation is the option to provide WINS server address via DHCP to Windows host. The FVS338 had it, but BR500 does not. The WINS server is a necessity absent a domain, which is a common situation for a small business workgroup type network, especially given that the domain may be in Azure Active Directory, well under their free limit (moving in that direction). It may look like a weak justification, but most little businesses run on Windows, the locally hosted domain controller (expensive Windows Server!) is no longer even required for user directory, and a WINS server is an integral networking component in such a network. It would be extremely nice to have this option back!