[ask] WINS SERVER possible for a new package?

[UnderCover]

is having a WINS Server possible as a package for the freebsd system?

[flashingcurser]

This would be nice for netbios over vpn. VPN could be set to point to it over tcp/ip. The clients could pick up a browse list. This would however be a large package just for wins. It would require samba. Also the samba/wins is pretty spartan in its options. Though this could be tied into what type of network is set up through dhcpd (option 2 I think) with clients pointing to the wins. Samba should also be set to master browser.

Nice idea.

[GruensFroeschli]

It certainly is "possible" but installing samba on a firewall is a very bad idea.
Search the form why (there are lots of threads about this topic).

[Sn3ak]

Does it require Samba? I thought samba4wins was a stand alone wins server?