Question : VPN/Firewall router and WINS on a Windows 2003 Server

Hi All,

I have a single NIC Windows 2003 Server and a Netgear FVS318v3 with the latest firmware.

Every 40 mins the server sends a multicast message (IGMP) out to find WINS partners to 224.0.0.22 then follows it up on UDP 42 to address 224.0.1.24

The router promtly replys to this message with a ICMP "Destination Unreachable" message which the server then promtly reports as an error:

Event Type:      Error
Event Source:      Wins
Event Category:      None
Event ID:      4204
Date:            06/04/2006
Time:            13:56:13
User:            N/A
Computer:      OURSERVER
Description:
WINS could not read from the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) socket.

I know this is programmed behaviour as the server is looking for WINS partners but is there anything I can do to prevent this. I have found a few guides on how t do this for Windows 2000 server but the registry keys are different for 2003.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Regards

Guy_Adams

Answer : VPN/Firewall router and WINS on a Windows 2003 Server

I have found that it is best not to set up WINS. it does not actually needs in Windows2003 this error causing because of router response, u either unintall the wins service if u dont really need it, or stop the router reply if u can or u can edit the registry and extend the time to attempt for discovery and safely ignore this error, because it does not effect on any thing in your network. more you can statically define a replication partner.

for registry settings check this
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=151761