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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/wins/winsserver.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/wins/winsserver.xml
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@@ -8,14 +8,25 @@
<para>You should point this at your WINS server if you have a
multi-subnetted network.</para>
+ <para>If you want to work in multiple namespaces, you can
+ give every wins server a 'tag'. For each tag, only one
+ (working) server will be queried for a name. The tag should be
+ seperated from the ip address by a colon.
+ </para>
+
<note><para>You need to set up Samba to point
to a WINS server if you have multiple subnets and wish cross-subnet
browsing to work correctly.</para></note>
- <para>See the documentation file <ulink url="improved-browsing.html">BROWSING</ulink>
- in the docs/ directory of your Samba source distribution.</para>
+ <para>See the documentation file <ulink url="improved-browsing.html">Browsing</ulink> in the samba howto collection.</para>
+
+ <para>Default: <emphasis>not enabled</emphasis></para>
+ <para>Example: <command>wins server = mary:192.9.200.1 fred:192.168.3.199 mary:192.168.2.61</command></para>
+ <para>For this example when querying a certain name, 192.19.200.1 will
+ be asked first and if that doesn't respond 192.168.2.61. If either
+ of those doesn't know the name 192.168.3.199 will be queried.
+ </para>
- <para>Default: <emphasis>not enabled</emphasis></para>
- <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">wins server = 192.9.200.1</command></para>
+ <para>Example: <command>wins server = 192.9.200.1 192.168.2.61</command></para>
</listitem>
</samba:parameter>