Subj : Files on LAN.
To   : GERALD MILLER
From : JEAN PARROT
Date : Tue Jun 29 2004 11:10 am

        Hello Gerald, 'tis a nice day today. 

 GM> Welllllllll, I'm not sure what you mean by "if the network is setup". 
 GM> All three can connect to the INet... ???

        OK, you are connecting to that network, the Web. But the LAN,
 your network is another ball of wax. Because all three connect to the
 Web will not mean that they can "see" each other. There is some steps
 involved here in your LAN setup. L = local !

 GM> Huuuuh?  Would you be meaning: "My Network Places"?

        Yes, that line. Semantics at times escape me. I will beg off the
 3.1 machine as it is long gone here.

 GM> I can see WinXP
 GM> (MSHome) and W98SE (Workgroup) [and wfw311 isn't even showing because
 GM> it's my DOS/Fidonet box and wfw is not on that often].  Each have some
 GM> folders and some folders have some files...  I'll try to drag and drop
 GM> something from one folder on one box to another folder on the other box
 GM> and see what happens.
 
        If you can see them, then the LAN is good. The Drag & Drop will
 do you good service, anyway that you use is fine, there is a send to
 option too that you can access with a mouse right click.

 GM> Somewhere?  The router is setting the DHCP service and assigning the
 GM> IP addresses depending on which box was powered up first, after the
 GM> router got power...

        DHCP will assign an IP to the one machine that is turned one. it
 can not do so for other machines. They have to get their own IP either
 DHCP assinged or user corrected.

 GM> My SMC7004VBR router has a firewall (and I did a
 GM> basic setup) and I don't think I require ZA (or any other firewall
 GM> software).

        Ooopps ! The router is a hardware firewall, a software one will
 double your security. I would not be without either. I look at all the
 messages sent my way and since I got the souble protection, not a
 single malware has touched me.

 GM> I know about ZA and McAfee (I use F-Prot on the XP and NAV on the
 GM> W98SE), but could you explain XPP and the "WL" router?

        XPP stands for XP-Pro and WL is Wireless. A router needs not be
 WL to do its work of blocking malware. It is even a little less
 protection than a non-WL as the signal could be "listened to" by
 anybody with a WiFi possibility. Mine is set up to allow the ISP IP and
 the IP of my two other systems, nothing else. An indiscreet ear (WiFi)
 could hear me but would not be able to enter my systems.

        Others on this echo are much more qualified than I and I hope
 that you keep asking. They are barrelfulls of fun too. What little I
 know was learned here.


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