[Cardinal]

Hi,
I am still confused about the use of a WINS address on a simple pc to pc network. No hub, just crossover cat5 cable. Two NICS on the gateway and one on the other. I use NAT ICS to share my cable connection and was wondering what address do I put in the WINS field?

Do I just use my Static IP from the first NIC?

I know I don't need to add anything into the WINS field to have the network functioning. It has been without a WINS address since I first began to share my cable connection. I was just wondering if adding a WINS address would perhaps speed up the browsing of the network.

(Don't recommend deleting the registry entry as I am already aware of that)

Thanks.

Addenum:

If it helps, I use DHCP to obtain my IP address on the cable connection NIC. The other IP is static.

[kgeissler]

You don't need to enter any WINS address, just leave it blank. It is only if you have a WINS server running on your network.

[Cardinal]

Ah ok. Thought as much.

thanks.