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

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Forsberg" <andrew at thepander.co.nz>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 2:37 PM
Subject: [thelist] Networking PCs full stop, was: Networking PC's to Mac's


> >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
> 
> (OT, and tip forthcoming)
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