Name Registration and Resolution in Windows NT

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Name Registration and Resolution in Windows NT
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Author:	Emmett Dulaney Vijay Sankar Sharon E. Sankar
Published:	June 1999
Copyright:	1999
Publisher:	29th Street Press

This chapter offers an in-depth look at name registration and resolution in a Windows NT network environment. The chapter also looks at the differences between DNS Manager for NT 4.0 and DNS Manger for Windows 2000 Server.

Chapter Contents

NAMES

NetBIOS Names
Host Names

NETBIOS BROADCASTS

SIDEBAR: NAME RESOLUTION PROBLEMS

HOSTS FILES
LMHOSTS FILES
DNS
WINS
DYNAMIC DNS
THE NETBIOS NAME RESOLUTION PROCESS

SIDEBAR: NAME RESOLUTION AT A GLANCE

B and P Node Considerations
M and H Node Considerations

DNS IN DEPTH

DNS Zones
Migration from Unix-based Name Servers
Integration with Unix-based DNS Servers
Enabling WINS Lookup
Dynamic DNS: Theory

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NT 4.0 AND 2000 SERVER

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