Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:35:51 -0500 From: Chip Morton <tech_info@threespace.com> To: "Tommie \"TJ\" Fitzgerald, Jr." <mercury12@myrealbox.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: looking for computer exp. Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20020613092857.019d6dd8@threespace.com> In-Reply-To: <001801c212e0$dffe3b70$0201a8c0@tjsbox> References: <006601c2123c$1a66fd10$0201a8c0@tjsbox> <1023919904.47009.31.camel@chip.wiegand.org>
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Windows XP has some of the easiest workgroup networking I've ever used. Windows 98 sounds like the most ornery thorn to configure in that bunch. You'll probably want to use TCP/IP as your "standard" protocol, especially if you start dealing with UNIX systems and the Internet. But the Linksys switches that I've used seem to have problems with file/printer sharing via TCP/IP. For this reason, I make it a practice to install TCP/IP and at least NetBEUI or IPX/SPX. (I think in Windows XP NetBEUI has been taken out and replaced with NetBIOS.) Either way, you may find that having your Windows workgroup communicate via NetBIOS with TCP/IP available to other apps that need it helps you. Good luck, Chip Morton At 08:47 AM 6/13/2002, you wrote: >I'm part the way there. I have 3 roommates, each with their own computers, >and we are networked peer to peer via a linksys router/4-port switch. OS's >are 1 Windoze 98, 2 XP's, and my (gasp) Windoze 2K (okay, I'm working on >getting away from it, but I'm waiting for 4.6 final to come out before I >take the plunge). Our network is very intermittant, esp. trying to connect >the XP machines at all, and with giving the others access to my machine. >I'm not even sure which protocol is in use; TCP/IP is installed on all of >them, but so is Windows File and Printer sharing (which uses NetBIOS?). >I've heard that XP is esp. evil about consistency on a network. I would >like to use TCP/IP, but I have no clue about how to set it up. > >Tommie F. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Chip Wiegand" <chip@wiegand.org> >To: "Tommie "TJ" Fitzgerald, Jr." <mercury12@myrealbox.com> >Cc: "FreeBSD-Chat" <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> >Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 6:11 PM >Subject: Re: looking for computer exp. > > >On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 11:08, Tommie "TJ" Fitzgerald, Jr. wrote: > > I am in school (just starting) as a networking technology major right now > > (associates degree program). I don't have any formal exp. working with > > computers/networks (except as a user), but I would like to get some, > > hopefully in a variety of areas, to see if i actually want to stay with > > networking, or go over to internet tech, programming, or something else > > computer-related (before I get too far along in my program). Any ideas? >It > > does have to pay, at least a little, or it has to only take a few hours a > > week if it doesn't. I KNOW this isn't such a great time to find a good >job > > but it can't hurt to ask..... > > > > TJ, > > Raleigh, NC, USA > >Put together a home network, maybe even mix a few differant OS's to >learn how the communicate with each other, that's how I started (my home >network is 9 pc's). > >-- >Chip W >www.wiegand.org >chip@wiegand.org > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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