Hosts and LMhosts file, difference?
I know that the host file can be used to map domain names to IP address if a DNS server is not being used. But what about LMhosts? From what I understand it can be used to map IP address to netbios names in the event that a WINS server is not be used, is that correct? Thanks.
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If this is right, I assume the WINS name would stay the same, no matter who signed on to that particular computer. Am I right about any of this?
Netbios is the actual name of the computer.
DNS is built up like this. computername(not the username).domainname
both have nothing to do with who logs onto the system
correct me if i'm wrong.
DNS and WINS are both used to resolve the network address of a machine from it's name.
WINS uses the LMHOSTS file, or a WINS server and runs over NetBEUI (?)
DNS uses the HOSTS file, or a DNS server and runs over TCP/IP.