WINS and multicast problem (Event-ID 4204)

[tuliphead]

This is driving me nuts. The eventlog on my WINS-server (Windows 2003) is filled with event 4204 every time the WINS-service is startet/restarted, and from there ... every 40 minutes.

The reason for this seems to be a router/firewall that sends a "destination unreachable" packet back to the WINS-server ... which then writes an error event to the eventlog.

I have defined wich server the WINS-server should replicate itself with, so I have no need for this multicast to search for replication partners.

I googled for a while, and ended up with MS-article 151761.

I´ve done the following:
In the following section of the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WINS\Parameters

I´ve set the following values:
UseSelfFndPnrs = 0 (Do not search for replication partners)
McastIntvl = 0 (Hopefully this disables the interval value, I´ve tried with FFFFFFFF as well)
McastTtl = 0 (don´t allow any hops other than the actual subnet the server is on)

Still the F"#!"#(//()¤%^*^ WINS-server won´t stop sending out broadcasts. I´ve restarted the service between each change ... but nothing seems to work.

So my question is:
Do anyone have a working solution to stop a windows 2003 WINS server from sending out broadcast A) when it starts, and B) every N minutes or so?

 

[aftertaf]

maybe this page can point you somewhere..

http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=4204&eventno=467&source=Wins&phase=1

do you NEED wins on your network??

Aftertaf

"Solutions are not the answer." - Richard Nixon

 

[tuliphead]

Already been there ... and none of the solutions on that page worked/were relevant in my case.

What I am looking for is just a way to disable multicast for the wins-service. The moment the WINS-server stops sending out multicasts, this event will be gone for good from the eventlog

We still have some machines that use WINS, so it is necessary to keep this service running.

 

[tuliphead]

It is strange that I am not able to disable this multicast thing. A Wins-server with replication partners predefined, shouldn´t need multicasting anything out on the network.

Anyone know how to turn this off? :-(

 

[aftertaf]

i agree....

different node types have different behaviour...

http://www.chicagotech.net/netbios&wins.htm#How to modify Node Type

check and maybe change here...

Aftertaf

"Solutions are not the answer." - Richard Nixon