Subj : A rather general question To : Gerald Miller From : Roy J. Tellason Date : Sun Jul 04 2004 05:07 am Gerald Miller wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason: GM> Hello Roy, GM> Responding to a post in the LAN area: GM> On Saturday July 03 2004 at 04:06, GM> Roy J. Tellason [1:270/615] wrote to Gerald Miller, GM> about: A rather general question GM> [ ...snip... ] 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 GM>> to 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 RT> I'm not sure you need those second two... IPX/SPX in particular is RT> something that's got to do with Novell networks, and unless you're RT> tying in to one I'd remove them. GM> If it's acceptable to you, I'll leave them as they are in the event GM> that some other program requires them..... The only other "requirement" that I've ever heard of with regard to that protocol has something to do with certain "networked" games, but that's the extent of my recollection on the subject. 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... RT> This makes no sense. I'd clean that up some, too. I have no idea RT> about XP... GM> I'll have to sort through them and search all the properties... It's too bad there's no easy way to find out what uses that stuff. Of course if you take it out and it breaks something you can always put it back... 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... RT> Yeah, if you're using DHCP that'll happen. Just make sure that RT> your "Workgroup" or "Domain" name (or something along those lines) RT> is specified to be the same on all of the machines and they should RT> be able to talk with each other. GM> I have the XPP as "XPHome" and the W98SE as "Workgroup" and I GM> haven't encountered any 'mishaps', yet... I'll set up all three GM> machines to have the same name -- "Workgroup"... Whatever, as long as they all three match up you should have them talking to each other. --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-838-8539 (1:270/615) .