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Skriven 2005-10-28 20:54:44 av Gerald Miller (1:342/512)
  Kommentar till text 12089 av JEFF GUERDAT (1:123/140)
Ärende: Doc's Place
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Hello JEFF,

    Responding to a post in the WIN95 area:
    On Friday October 28 2005 at 06:48,
    JEFF GUERDAT [1:123/140] wrote to GERALD MILLER,
    about: Doc's Place

 GM>> Would you provide some "clues" as to how I may confirm the
 GM>> existence of the NETBEUI protocol (I _thought_ it was part of
 GM>> TCP/IP and therefore, it would be installed when TCP/IP is setup)?

 JG> As Alan poits out, NETBEUI is a protocol like TCP/IP, not part of
 JG> TCP/IP, so it nees to be added.  NetBIOS may be what you're thinking
 JG> of, being the basis of MS networking:

 JG> NetBIOS
 JG> Last modified: Monday, August 16, 2004

 JG> (net-bi-´o-s) (n.) Short for Network Basic Input Output System, an API
 JG> that augments the DOS BIOS by adding special functions for local-area
 JG> networks (LANs). Almost all Windows-based LANs for PCs are based on
 JG> the NetBIOS. Some LAN manufacturers have even extended it, adding
 JG> additional network capabilities.

I'm not sure if this is totally necessary and it may already be installed
(or not).  I don't recall seeing it listed as a protocol on any of the
three Windows OS...

 JG> To add NETBEUI to XP, use the directions in the following URL:

 JG> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301041&sd=tech

As I have already responded to the message from Alan Z., I've been
successful with installing NETBEUI onto the XP Pro system -- just can't
access the properties, yet...

[snip]

 GM>> That would simplify the addressing problems, but I cannot afford
 GM>> the monthly fee that my ISP wants to charge for such a service.

 JG> No need for an additional charge.  This is a function of your router
 JG> assigning the internal network addresses, not the ISP.  You can tell
 JG> the router to do this to prevent your host list from being suddenly
 JG> out of date when the address changes due to a machine not being on
 JG> when you boot.

Oh....  As you may have deduced, I did not know that I could assign a
static IP address to a computer by making changes in the router
configuration manager.  I will have to investigate this matter more
thoroughly and get back to you.  Thanks for this info.

 GM>> W2K and WinXP network cards are Wake On Lan aware, but the WOL
 GM>> software relies on MAC address assigned to each card and the whole
 GM>> process can "go south" if I should lose my connection with my ISP.
 GM>> This type of situation could be resolved if I had one static IP
 GM>> address, I suspect.

 JG> Remember that the ISP only supplies the public IP address to the
 JG> router.  Once that's accomplished, there's no further interaction with
 JG> the ISP.  Your router is what you need to work with.

As above..  :-))

 GM>> Only have ZA installed on WinXP Pro and I'll have to look around to
 GM>> see if the program has the Hosts file locked for writing.
 GM>> Unfortunately, I don't think ZA will lock the Hosts files on the
 GM>> other two Windows systems, across the network..... ?

 JG> Look at the Firewall section (look in the left-hand column for this)
 JG> and then select the Main tab at the top.  Finally, click on the
 JG> Advanced button to verify that the hosts file is locked.  (They could
 JG> have saved a click or two here rather than burying it.)  You *must*
 JG> install ZA on any other machines to allow this fuction to work - ZA
 JG> doesn't do this across the network.

Thank you -- DONE!

           Cheers ... Gerald

... Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of.
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