Administrators of globally dispersed Windows NT networks often
face WINS-related operational and maintenance problems.
Administrators install WINS on selected servers to make
resources outside local network segments visible. Without WINS,
servers can't propagate the identities of domain controllers
(DCs) that exchange browser information. The NT browser service
provides the domain and computer icons that appear when you use
Network Neighborhood to explore the network. WINS provides the
browser service with the names, IP addresses, and services of
those computers configured to register their information with
the local WINS server. WINS stores this information in a
database.  WINS servers exchange their information with other
WINS servers by replicating their databases with assigned
partners. After replication has been active for a while, the
databases participating in WINS replication are almost
identical. Although the replication of databases is one of
WINS's most appealing features, WINS replication can make