Connecting your PC client with WINS

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Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) allows clients to map system names to their actual TCP/IP addresses.

Windows systems and Linux® Samba servers can provide WINS, which allows clients to map system names to their actual TCP/IP addresses. WINS is a dynamic naming service that resolves NetBIOS computer names to IP addresses. Although IBM i cannot act as a WINS server, it can act as a WINS proxy. This enables non-WINS clients to obtain name resolution from WINS. A WINS proxy receives broadcasted name requests from non-WINS clients and resolves them by directing queries to a WINS server.
Note: Using WINS proxy is not a recommended method of resolving computer names to IP addresses.

You can specify an address for a network WINS server on the IBM i NetServer WINS configuration - Next start dialog box in IBM Navigator for i. Then you can configure clients to connect to IBM i NetServer by using the WINS server.

After you configure your PC clients and IBM i NetServer with WINS addresses, you do not need to perform any additional network configuration. PC clients can now locate and connect to IBM i NetServer by using WINS.