Allow DNS to use WINS resolution

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

You can use the following procedure to enable Domain Name System (DNS) to use Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) name resolution. The specified WINS servers that are configured in this procedure are used for final referral of names that are not found in the applicable zone.

Administrative credentials

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using the Run as command to perform this procedure.

To allow DNS to use WINS resolution

1. Open the DNS snap-in.

2. In the console tree, right-click the applicable zone, and then click Properties.

3. Do one of the following:

   • If the applicable zone is a forward lookup zone, on the WINS tab, select the Use WINS forward lookup check box. In IP address, type the Internet Protocol (IP) address of a WINS server to be used for resolution of names not found in DNS, and then click Add.

   • If the applicable zone is a reverse lookup zone, on the WINS-R tab, select the Use WINS-R lookup check box. In Domain to append to returned name, type a name.

4. Select the Do not replicate this record check box for this WINS record, if applicable.

   If you are replicating this zone between DNS servers that do not recognize the WINS or WINS-R resource records, select this check box. This prevents these records from being replicated to these other servers during zone transfers. If this zone will be used in performing zone transfers to BIND servers, this is a critical option because Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) does not recognize WINS records.