Subj : Domain ?
To   : JEAN PARROT
From : Frank Reid
Date : Mon Mar 31 2003 08:01 pm


> A>Next, edit the [DOMAIN] and [WORKGROUP]
>
>        If you can tell me what this "Domain" really is in Network, I
>        would love to hear. A domain to me is a Web address like
>        45.122.65.44.

This is referring to the Windows NT NETBIOS domain name, using for Windows
Internet Name Service and NETBIOS over TCP/IP transports.  It's fairly similar
to the Workgroup name in earlier Windows networks, but it's able to enforce
network policy more rigidly, as well as providing shared network resources and
accounts/groups.

Technically, the IP address example you provided is not a domain, either.  It
can be resolved to an Internet host, e.g. "webserver", or a fully qualified
domain name, e.g. "webserver.mycompany.com", however an IP address can live
quite comfortably without either of these domain luxuries.  :)

Frank

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