<samba:parameter name="wins server" context="G" type="boolean" basic="1" advanced="1" wizard="1" developer="1" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <para>This specifies the IP address (or DNS name: IP address for preference) of the WINS server that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> should register with. If you have a WINS server on your network then you should set this to the WINS server's IP.</para> <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 separated 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 chapter in the Samba3-HOWTO on Network Browsing.</para> </description> <value type="default"></value> <value type="example">mary:192.9.200.1 fred:192.168.3.199 mary:192.168.2.61 <comment>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.</comment></value> <value type="example">192.9.200.1 192.168.2.61</value> </samba:parameter>