Microsoft KB Archive/130232

= WINS Response to Group Name Query is Limited Broadcast Address =

Article ID: 130232

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5

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This article was previously published under Q130232



SYMPTOMS
If a NetBIOS application registers a group name with Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS), it receives a positive response. However, WINS does not store a list of addresses registering a group name. It responds to a name query on a group name with the limited broadcast address (255.255.255.255). This may make it impossible for a client application to discover a server application on the network if it uses group names and is separated by a router.



CAUSE
WINS was designed to perform this way, with one exception; NetBIOS names ending in [1C]. Windows NT Domain Controllers register the [1C] name with WINS, and a list of addresses is returned if a name query on a domain name is sent.

Additional query words: 3.50 prodnt

Keywords: kbprb KB130232

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