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Wins errors on the BDC: event ID 4102

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by lisav 1 view

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I have been left in charge of managing a Windows 2000 server network with one Domain Controller and a BDC running Windows 2000 server. This is a small network of about 30 users with 2 subnets. We have 2 VPN firewalls for our WAN running on each side to connect to each subnet. The BDC event viewer has been logging a lot of WINS replication errors and I am not exactly sure how to resolve it. The event ID is 4102: "Connection was aborted by the remote WINS. Remote WINS may not be configured toreplicate with the server". When I look at WINS on the BDC, it is all setup to replicate to the PDC. If I look at WINS on the PDC, there is nothing setup in WINS. Any help would be appreciated. I am still in the learning process here and am onlyan MCP. It's been dumped in my lap and I would like to be able to resolve these errors. The network is running fine and there have been no user issues at all, I'm just concerned about the errors being logged on the BDC.

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by timwalsh

WINS will only replicate with a computer that has been setup as a replication partner. The error message points directly to your problem. If there is nothing configured in WINS on the master DC (don't forget, there is no PDC/BDC relationship in Active Directory), then you need to enter the second DC as a replication partner.

by joseph moore

Ok, since you are new at this, let me give you some specifics.

First, the comment from Eventid.net on this error is, "This message indicates that WINS replication is not configured properly. Check the Push/Pull partners of the server reporting the error."

Ok, so let's do that. On your Win2K box that is running WINS (remember, there is no primary or backup anymore in Win2K!) open the WINS Manager (under Administrative Tools, open WINS).
Expand your server. That will reveal "Replication Partners"
Click Replication Partners. I bet something is gonna show in the right pane window. Now, the problem you have is that either a) that server(s) listed are NOT WINS server, or b) your server is getting WINS requests from a server not in the list.
So you can do several things. If you don't recognize the server listed, then just remove it.
If you do recognize the server listed, make sure this target server is ALSO running as a WINS server. Now, you do not need to WINS servers running on the same IP segment.
Last, you can go to the Properties of Replication Partners, and on the General tab select the "Replicate Only With Partners" checkbox. Click OK and restart WINS and one of the above should take care of it.

hope this helps

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