WinsCl Notes

When using WinsCl, keep the following points in mind:

Addresses of Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) should be given in dotted decimal notation.
A version number is 64 bits long. When you are prompted for the version number, enter it in decimal with the high word first followed by the low word. The two words should be separated by a space. For example, 0 9567.
Many commands such as PULLT, PUSHT, SI, and PRR, are run in the background. A return status of SUCCESS indicates that the command has been queued to WINS for execution. It does not mean that WINS has successfully run the command.
WinsCl is case sensitive. So, for example, BOB is different from bob or Bob (when used as input to RN, QN, or domain name.)
The scope, if given, should be in domain name form, as explained in RFC 883. For example, microsoft.com.
Whenever a pull (or a push) replication is done, the local WINS server will send a request for it to the remote WINS server only if the remote WINS server is either listed in the registry under the Wins\Parameters\Pull (or Push) subkey or if the value of the RplOnlyWCnfPnrs entry in the Wins\Parameters subkey is either nonexistent or set to 0. Likewise, the remote WINS server will accept the request only if the WINS server making the request is either listed under the Wins\Parameters\Push (or Pull) subkey or if the value of the RplOnlyWCnfPnrs entry in the Wins\Parameters subkey is either nonexistent or is set to 0. The two WINS servers look up the values of these above subkeys and entries in their local registries.