Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:15:22 -0400 From: "Tommie \"TJ\" Fitzgerald, Jr." <mercury12@myrealbox.com> To: "Chip Morton" <tech_info@threespace.com> Cc: "FreeBSD-Chat" <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: looking for computer exp. Message-ID: <000301c21344$5addbba0$0201a8c0@tjsbox> References: <006601c2123c$1a66fd10$0201a8c0@tjsbox> <1023919904.47009.31.camel@chip.wiegand.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020613092857.019d6dd8@threespace.com> <004501c2131d$1e628e70$0201a8c0@tjsbox>
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Oops. TCP/IP is just a protocol, but I still need a client and a service.... TF ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tommie "TJ" Fitzgerald, Jr." <mercury12@myrealbox.com> To: "Chip Morton" <tech_info@threespace.com> Cc: "FreeBSD-Chat" <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 4:58 PM Subject: Re: looking for computer exp. > I believe you are correct about NetBEUI. W2K doesn't use it either, at > least not by default. I forgot to mention, client for microsoft networks is > installed on each machine, so technically it's a Microsoft network (ugh) > I've got here. When I uninstall MS Networks Client and File and Printer > Sharing service, will I need to do anything to my tcp/ip configuration? I > have considered using ipx/spx too, but fewer services installed = fewer > vulnerabilities in the network, or so I'm told. > > Thanks a lot, you all have been I lot more help than I could expect, > considering that I'm still stuck in MS World! > > Tommie F > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chip Morton" <tech_info@threespace.com> > To: "Tommie "TJ" Fitzgerald, Jr." <mercury12@myrealbox.com> > Cc: "FreeBSD Chat" <chat@freebsd.org> > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 10:35 AM > Subject: Re: looking for computer exp. > > > > 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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