[thelist] Networking PCs full stop, was: Networking PC's to Mac's

Andrew Forsberg andrew at thepander.co.nz
Mon Nov 26 16:38:02 CST 2001


>i did put win2k appletalk on, but it [helpfully] informed me that it was
>not suitable for file/printer sharing, and indeed only might be if i was
>running win2k server [im just running pro across this network.

Sorry to ask a doofus question, but while I have no trouble getting 
mac to *nix, mac to mac, or *nix to *nix boxes talking, I've never 
been able to get a win 98 box to talk with another win 98 box.

Is this because it's a 'home user' OS, or is there a really simple 
(or for that matter, complex) way to setup file sharing between win 
98 boxes on a lan? No, there's no MS server anywhere within cooey. 
The win 98 machines are more or less dumb terminals at the moment. 
FWIW, I seem to remember even I (with zero win skills) managed to get 
NT and 2k communications working, but have had no luck with 98.

TIA,
Andrew

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