From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jun 13 14: 1:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-send.myrealbox.com (smtp-send.myrealbox.com [192.108.102.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 170F237B41D for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:01:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tjsbox mercury12@smtp-send.myrealbox.com [66.57.227.223] by smtp-send.myrealbox.com with NetMail SMTP Agent $Revision: 3.9 $ on Novell NetWare; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:58:58 -0600 Message-ID: <004501c2131d$1e628e70$0201a8c0@tjsbox> From: "Tommie \"TJ\" Fitzgerald, Jr." To: "Chip Morton" Cc: "FreeBSD-Chat" References: <006601c2123c$1a66fd10$0201a8c0@tjsbox> <1023919904.47009.31.camel@chip.wiegand.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020613092857.019d6dd8@threespace.com> Subject: Re: looking for computer exp. Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 16:58:44 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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" To: "Tommie "TJ" Fitzgerald, Jr." Cc: "FreeBSD Chat" 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" > >To: "Tommie "TJ" Fitzgerald, Jr." > >Cc: "FreeBSD-Chat" > >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