You can specify '-wins' on the specific interface,using the ifconfig command, and that interface will not register with WINS.This however will not restrict clients on the local network.

smiles> ifconfig -a e8: flags=100042<BROADCAST,RUNNING,TCPCKSUM> mtu 1500 inet 10.10.10.1 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 10.255.255.255 ether 00:60:cf:20:06:65 (1000fx) e0: flags=848043<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 10.32.65.12 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.32.65.255 ether 00:a0:98:00:58:f4 (100tx-fd-up) lo: flags=948049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,TCPCKSUM> mtu 9188 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 127.0.0.1 smiles> ifconfig e8 -wins smiles> ifconfig -a e8: flags=4100042<BROADCAST,RUNNING,TCPCKSUM,NOWINS> mtu 1500 inet 10.10.10.1 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 10.255.255.255 ether 00:60:cf:20:06:65 (1000fx) e0: flags=848043<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 10.32.65.12 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.32.65.255 ether 00:a0:98:00:58:f4 (100tx-fd-up) lo: flags=948049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,TCPCKSUM> mtu 9188 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 127.0.0.1 smiles>

-Puneet _________

Graydon Dodson wrote:

Anyone know of a way to restrict CIFS on a filer to certain network interfaces. Specificaly we need to turn it off on one interface. This interface is to a private net and we keep getting:

No WINS servers are responding; still trying

warnings clogging up the log. We want CIFS on the other interfaces and it can easily contact the wins servers on those nets.

 Thanks.

Graydon Dodson grdodson@lexmark.com Lexmark International Inc.