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1. WINS is platform dependent, whereas DNS is platform independent. 2. WINS supports dynamic IP addresses, whereas DNS supports static IP addresses. 3. WINS translates the NetBIOS names to IP addresses, while DNS translates host names to IP addresses. 4. WINS supports incremental reproduction of the data for any modifications, while DNS copies the entire database. 5. WINS does not support TCP/IP application services, whereas, DNS supports all TCP/IP application services. Source:   Difference Between WINS and DNS | Difference Between | WINS vs DNS   http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/internet/difference-between-wins-and-dns/#ixzz38SUVnnEi

FOR /L %i IN (1,1,254) DO ping -a -n 1 192.168.X.%i | FIND /i "Reply">> c:\ipaddresses.txt change X value with your ip series address   (192.168.X)

UPDATED July 2008 : Please see below for updated solution to this problem Again and again I see people complain about this error message (e.g. CISCO VPN Client Software on Windows Vista) This is actually a quite easy (but annoying) thing to fix. Here's the 100% reliable method I use to fix this. In Network Connections, right-click your Cisco Systems VPN Adapter which should be disabled and enable it     Right-click your Cisco Systems VPN Adapter again, this time selecting "Diagnose", and you should get the following prompt (your adapter may be numbered different from Local Area Connection 3)   Select "Reset the network adapter ........ ", this will take a while (around 60 seconds on my laptop)   Windows will again prompt you saying the IP configuration is still invalid, ignore this and just press Cancel.  Go back to the Network Connections, right-click your VPN Virtual Adapter and Disable.  Now open Cisco VPN, and you should be able to connec...

The Microsoft implementation of an address translation feature is called Network Address Translation (NAT). NAT can be used to enable computers on a network such as in small offices or home offices (SOHOs) to have a common Internet connection using a single public IP address. NAT translates IP addresses and associated TCP/UDP port numbers on the private network to public IP addresses which can be routed on the Internet. Often, the size of the network and the security requirements of the network would dictate whether NAT is used. Networks that do not require an implementation of a firewall solution or a proxy server solution can use NAT to provide basic Internet connectivity. Through NAT, host computers are able to share a single publicly registered IP address to access the Internet. With NAT, all outgoing packets are forwarded to the NAT server. At the NAT server, the source address of these outgoing packets are modified, and then forwarded to the Internet. All incoming packets ar...