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10-24-2003, 12:35 PM	#1
rmarvin LQ Newbie Registered: Oct 2003 Posts: 17 Rep:	Samba WINS Server I have a small network about 20 Systems in all and im trying to convert from mostly windows 98 machines to linux ( Redhat 9 ) here is the break down so far 4 Linux ( samba ) Print Servers 1 Mail server ( sendmail ) 2 soon to be linux file servers the rest is windows 98 clients that do not share any files and all machines are on a 10mb network using static IP addresses. Now my question is Should i setup a samba Primary WINS Server for a network this size, Would there be any performance gains in network speed, and what are the benifits for a WINS server in general

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