If you want the domain name service (DNS) to be used if a name isn't found in WINS, you can set the following option:
[global]
dns proxy = yes
This will cause
nmbd to query for machine names using the server's standard domain name service. You may wish to deactivate this option if you do not have a permanent connection to your DNS server. Despite this option, we recommend using a WINS server. If you don't already have any WINS servers on your network, make one Samba machine a WINS server. Do not, however, make two Samba machines WINS servers (one primary and one backup) as they currently cannot exchange WINS databases.
