From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ey0-f171.google.com (mail-ey0-f171.google.com [209.85.215.171]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority" (verified OK)) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4485B200377 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:56:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by eaad12 with SMTP id d12so1403804eaa.16 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:56:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8n6x2nDr/xTvuCSOHOv0I7ROC6L5Vrgmm3FmQ4jOme0=; b=ocT8Iu2thH9QcEBkpAf3F94fCvga2kjFyl6RtGN9OJhqNMzEKhvzgKIMzQrpnhPFpY LhshVbQSC7DG43yLUrcO/fZv0fHCVs0hVso0jKc+XPdN/4AidWHf2pVIV7TyLE2n+Qrr N4G3hYiMkpoeLDxpeLiX/vZc24PoRnFCXbcnU= Received: by 10.227.209.9 with SMTP id ge9mr1214863wbb.1.1322668579238; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:56:19 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.138.215 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:55:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4EB4F92C.70204@gmail.com> <1322658265.4036.3.camel@robert-N150P> From: Dave Hart Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:55:58 +0000 Message-ID: To: Jim Reisert AD1C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net Subject: Re: [Bloat] Windows file sharing broken with RC6 ? X-BeenThere: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: davehart_gmail_exchange_tee@davehart.net List-Id: General list for discussing Bufferbloat List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:56:21 -0000 On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 15:38, Jim Reisert AD1C wr= ote: > If I can access another computer on the wired network by name, that > means that the WINS server is working, right? =A0The problem is that I > can't access another computer by name (only by IP address) when it is > on a different subnet. Not necessarily. I don't have experience with Windows 7, but generally MS clients have been able to resolve netbios hostnames on the same subnet via broadcast name resolution even if the WINS server is sick. It's only when reaching across subnets that WINS is essential in providing the flat namespace. Cheers, Dave Hart