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<samba:parameter name="wins server"
                 context="G"
                 basic="1" advanced="1" wizard="1" developer="1"
                 xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
<listitem>
	<para>This specifies the IP address (or DNS name: IP 
	address for preference) of the WINS server that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> should register with. If you have a WINS server on 
	your network then you should set this to the WINS server's IP.</para>

	<para>You should point this at your WINS server if you have a
	multi-subnetted network.</para>

	<para>If you want to work in multiple namespaces, you can 
	give every wins server a 'tag'. For each tag, only one 
	(working) server will be queried for a name. The tag should be 
	seperated from the ip address by a colon.
	</para>

	<note><para>You need to set up Samba to point 
	to a WINS server if you have multiple subnets and wish cross-subnet 
	browsing to work correctly.</para></note>

 	<para>See the documentation file <ulink url="improved-browsing.html">Browsing</ulink> in the samba howto collection.</para>
 
 	<para>Default: <emphasis>not enabled</emphasis></para>

	<para>Example: <command>wins server = mary:192.9.200.1 fred:192.168.3.199 mary:192.168.2.61</command></para>

	<para>For this example when querying a certain name, 192.19.200.1 will 
	be asked first and if that doesn't respond 192.168.2.61. If either 
	of those doesn't know the name 192.168.3.199 will be queried.
	</para>

	<para>Example: <command>wins server = 192.9.200.1 192.168.2.61</command></para>
</listitem>
</samba:parameter>