What is the difference between WINS Server and DNS Server?
WINS Server provides the facility to use the NETBIOS name of the computer for accessing the resources than using the IP addresses. The WINS service can be within domain/workgroup network. This service is basically used within the LAN environment only.
DNS Server is the server which is providing the public internet IP address to URL name resolution in the internet world. This server running at the Internet Service provider's network converts the human readable url address that we type in the internet browser into the IP addresses and provides access to the required internet web site or the server. The DNS server has the forward and reverse entries meaning the name to IP address and IP address to Name resolution entries for its functioning in an efficient way.
K. Rajkumar
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