Give the zone a name e.g., dnstest.com. Then click Next. In the Zone File window, leave the default name e.g., dnstest.com.dns and click

140 | Lesson 6 17. Review the summary and click Finish. You should now have a zone called dnstest.com inside the Forward Lookup Zones folder. This is where DNS records will be stored, such as hostnames and their corre- sponding IP addresses. Some zones allow for these records to be created automatically e.g., in a domain. Otherwise, records can be added manually. If client computers want to use this DNS server, their IP Properties pages need to be updated by adding the IP address of the server to the preferred or alternate DNS server field. Defining WINS Windows Internet Name Service WINS is a service that resolves NetBIOS names to IP addresses. It is Microsoft’s version of the NetBIOS Name Service NBNS combined with a name server. A Windows computer name e.g., Computer1, can be considered a host name and interact with DNS, andor a NetBIOS name either working alone or in concert with a WINS server. Most companies opt to use DNS, but sometimes you will find WINS-enabled devices and WINS servers on less common and older devices. Whereas DNS can have hosts added statically or dynamically, WINS only works in a dynamic fashion. No configuration of a WINS server is necessary once it is installed, other than database replication. INSTALL WINS GET READY. In this exercise, we will install WINS to a Windows Server 2008. Note that this is done in the Add Features section and not the Add Roles section.

1. Open the previous MMC or create a new one.

2. Navigate to Server Manager Features.

3. Click the Add Features link.

4. Check the WINS Server option as shown in Figure 6-10 and click Next.

Figure 6-10 Adding the WINS server CERTIFICATION READY How would you define WINS? 3.4 Working with Networking Services | 141 5. Click Install at the Confirmation window. No other configuration is necessary. 6. The installation should succeed. Click Close at the results screen. 7. At this point, if you click on the Features option, you should see several features installed, including WINS server as shown in Figure 6-11. Figure 6-11 Server 2008 features list 8. To have the WINS server take care of name resolution for Windows clients, go to the IP Properties window of the client computer, then click the Advanced button and click the WINS tab. From there, one or more WINS servers can be added. Table 6-1 Networking services C OMMAND D ESCRIPTION DHCP Short for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It allows prop- erly configured client computers to obtain IP addresses auto- matically from a DHCP server. Terminal Services A type of thin-client terminal server computing. It allows client computers to connect to and take control of a server. Thin-client computers and PCs can connect to servers running Terminal Services. Routing and Remote A network service in Windows Server 2008, Windows Access Service RRAS Server 2003, and Windows Server 2000. It allows an adminis- trator to configure dial-up remote access servers, VPN servers, and configure IP routing, as well as NAT. IPsec A protocol within the TCPIP suite that encrypts and authenti- cates IP packets. It is designed to secure any application traffic because it resides on the network layer. continued