JSI Tip 3195. Mixed case names are registered in WINS?

Jerold Schulman

December 27, 2000

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It is OK to have mixed case names in the WINS database, as the NetBIOS name space is NOT case sensitive.

If you have a computer named Server1, you could see:

SeRvEr1---- [00h]SeRvEr1---- [02h]SeRvEr1---i [00h]SeRvEr1---i [02h]

You might also see entries similar to:

iNtEl.nBcBaGr. [02h]iNtEl.nBcBaGr. [00h]iNtEl.nBcBaGr. [01h]

These name registrations are made by the Intel Ping Discover Service (PDS) software from the Intel LanDesk Management Suite.


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