Subj : A rather general question
To   : Gerald Miller
From : Roy J. Tellason
Date : Sat Jul 03 2004 05:06 am

Gerald Miller wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 GM> Hi there Roy,

 GM>     Responding to a post in the LAN area:
 GM>     On Monday June 28 2004 at 12:09,
 GM>     Roy J. Tellason [1:270/615] wrote to Gerald Miller,
 GM>     about: A rather general question

 GM>> I have three computers on my home network: Windows XP Pro (SP1),
 GM>> Windows 98 SE, and Windows for Workgroup 3.11 (this was the most
 GM>> difficult one to set up).

 GM> [ ...snip... ]

 GM>> I'm really new at this home networking idea, so please go easy
 GM>> with the technicalities.

 RT> The ftp protocol would be one way to do it.  Not necessarily the only
 RT> way though.  I also don't see where you need DNS at all,  you don't
 RT> have to refer to other machines than the one you're working on with
 RT> names,  you can use IP numbers.  Assuming,  that is,  that you're
 RT> using TCP/IP to begin with.  Are you?  I know that with 98 that's an
 RT> option,  I know nothing at all about XP, and I'm not sure if 3.11 even
 RT> supports it.  What protocols do you have available in 3.11?  I suspect
 RT> that's going to be the limiting factor there.

 GM> All three machines have (at the least) the TCP/IP protocol.

 GM> I had to exchange email with a fellow in Scotland who pointed me to
 GM> an archive on the Microsoft ftp site and I was able to locate
 GM> Microsoft TCP/IP-32 3.11b.

 GM> The WfW3.11 box has these protocols:

 GM>     Microsoft TCP/IP-32 3.11b [default]
 GM>     Microsoft NetBEUI
 GM>     IPX/SPX Compatible Transport with NetBIOS

I'm not sure you need those second two...   IPX/SPX in particular is something 
that's got to do with Novell networks,  and unless you're tying in to one I'd 
remove them.

 GM> I'm sure there are other protocols available but the fellow in
 GM> Scotland said I didn't really need anything else.  (???)

 GM> The W98SE is showing 19 (???) protocols (some are duplicates or
 GM> triplicates) and I have no idea how many are on the XP box...

This makes no sense.  I'd clean that up some,  too.  I have no idea about XP...

 GM> I might have to go with the computer names because sometimes the
 GM> router gets reset and then all the IP addresses change, depending
 GM> on which computer gets turned on first...

Yeah,  if you're using DHCP that'll happen.  Just make sure that your 
"Workgroup" or "Domain" name (or something along those lines) is specified to 
be the same on all of the machines and they should be able to talk with each 
other.

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