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by bobmac

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Have recently installed a secondary WINS server with both machines being push and pull partners of each other. There are no event log error messages, the WINS manager statistics shows replication to be taking place at the appointed times and the wins.mdb is exactly the same size on both machines. Despite all these apparently good signs, after a week the secondary database only shows about 14 entries compared to the hundreds in the primary, the failed queries (in the secondary) outnumber the successful by a factor of 40:1 and both the total releases and total registrations show zero.
Whats the story mornin' glory....

Ta very much in advance for any light shed...

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by psychokitty2

i have had this happen before, the only way i could fix it was to reinstall the secondary wins server from scratch. i f there is another way to fix this i would love to know.

by reddie

I have the same problem. Only 3 locations with primary WINS and 1 secondary WINS. Repl is PUSH/PULL between Sec. and all Pri. Not between Pri. Replication is ok but failed queries skyrocket.
Don't forget that the number of entries is the amount of PC's that registered there name with that server. To see all mappings select "show all mappings" in the database window.
But I can't help you with the failed queries as I'm trying to solve it aswell.

Hope it makes you feel better :-)

Good luckand I'll let you know more if I can.

by magetower

Make sure the TCP/IP settings for both servers have the primary and secondary WINS addresses set. If you are using DHCP for the client systems then make sure the WINS addresses are being advertised to the clients.

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