Subj : A rather general question To : Roy J. Tellason From : Gerald Miller Date : Sun Jul 04 2004 11:18 am Hello Roy, Responding to a post in the LAN area: On Sunday July 04 2004 at 04:07, Roy J. Tellason [1:270/615] wrote to Gerald Miller, about: A rather general question [ ...snip... ] 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 RT>> is something that's got to do with Novell networks, and unless RT>> you're tying in to one I'd remove them. GM>> If it's acceptable to you, I'll leave them as they are in the GM>> event that some other program requires them..... RT> The only other "requirement" that I've ever heard of with regard to RT> that protocol has something to do with certain "networked" games, but RT> that's the extent of my recollection on the subject. IPX/SPX Compatible Transport with NetBIOS has been removed... 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 RT>> idea about XP... I couldn't access the printer (on the XPP machine) from the W98SE box, so I used the Network Wizard on the XPP -- it created a diskette with NETSETUP.EXE, which I ran on the W98 and the protocols have now been reduced to 12 (which I will have go through and try to determine which ones are duplicates/triplicates...) GM>> I'll have to sort through them and search all the properties... RT> It's too bad there's no easy way to find out what uses that stuff. Of RT> course if you take it out and it breaks something you can always put RT> it back... "The long and winding road" GM>>> I might have to go with the computer names because sometimes the GM>>> router gets reset and then all the IP addresses change, GM>>> depending 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 RT>> lines) is specified to be the same on all of the machines and RT>> they should 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"... RT> Whatever, as long as they all three match up you should have them RT> talking to each other. So far, things are progressing and looking very good... Thanks ... Gerald .... Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today. --- GoldED+/DPMI32 v1.1.5-040330 [msg of Sunday July 04 2004] * Origin: That's no way to behave on your first day out! (1:342/512) .