--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: E4M00003 Date: 04/17/97 From: MIKE BILOW Time: 08:34am \/To: GREG MACLELLAN (Read 9 times) Subj: networking os/2 .. to win95! :/ Following up a message from Uldis Mikelsons to Greg MacLellan: UM> Wouch why you want to have dedicated server ? Put up netbios UM> over ip/ipx and share resorces without any new hw. If you have no specific need for IP, then it is much simpler to use NetBEUI to carry NetBIOS. Don't use IPX for this in any case. -- Mike --- * Origin: N1BEE BBS +1 401 944 8498 V.34/V.FC/V.32bis/HST16.8 (1:323/107) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: E4M00004 Date: 04/17/97 From: MIKE BILOW Time: 08:37am \/To: DON WAYBRIGHT (Read 9 times) Subj: CNA & CNE Don Waybright wrote in a message to Bruce Lane: DW> I do have am Amatuer Radio ticket. And that alone put me a cut DW> above a couple others in getting an Electronic Tech position a DW> few years ago. Never thought about the RT Ticket. I'm not sure I agree that a General Radiotelephone license would be worth anything to get you the kind of jobs you are looking for. A ham radio license does open doors, but not usually in the way you can plan for. DW> My only hands on expierence with a LAN is when I decided to DW> take a simple bbs systems from one node to five. I built a DW> Lantastic LAN it ran faithfully for several years. That seems DW> to be better than anything I have gotten from the university. The situation varies from place to place, too. For example, in Rhode Island, you must have a state tradesman's license in order to install telephones, networks, video, or sound systems. The system is like that for electricians or pipefitters, and is divided into four classes which roughly correspond to apprentice, junior journeyman, senior journeyman, and master. I hold a master's license, but I am not exactly in the business of stringing wire. Personally, I think the main reason for the license is for the state to find an excuse for charging me $100 per year. -- Mike --- * Origin: N1BEE BBS +1 401 944 8498 V.34/V.FC/V.32bis/HST16.8 (1:323/107) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: E4M00005 Date: 04/16/97 From: STEVEN TRUE Time: 06:32pm \/To: ALL (Read 9 times) Subj: Packard Bell CD I have a question concerning a set of cd's that my brother loaned to me to install on my new computer, when and if I ever get it. It is a Packard Bell Master CD and it says that it is a "backup CD-ROM only! May be used only with a Packard Bell computer system. Will not function on other computer systems". I was just wondering if it has some kind of protection on it that will not allow me to install it on my new system? It has a lot of stuff on the 1 cd and I would really like to use it but if it is blocked in someway than I will have to look elsewhere. I am still pretty new to computers so I ask this question of all of you that are real computer literates. Thanks for your me. --- * Origin: No drones allowed... (1:343/272) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: E4M00006 Date: 04/15/97 From: ANDY KELLY Time: 08:16pm \/To: MIKE BILOW (Read 9 times) Subj: DHCP Hiya Mike! 12 Apr 97 23:05, Mike Bilow wrote to Andy Kelly: MB> DHCP is a vendor-independent standard, and is documented by MB> RFC1541. Several important vendor-specific DHCP extensions are MB> documented by RFC1533. Oh right, I stand corrected, never seen anything but MS stuff use it tho... MB> What is specific to Microsoft is the mechanism on NT servers by MB> which, when acting as DHCP servers, they mesh the DHCP lease MB> assignments with the WINS database. Since WINS is specific to MB> Microsoft, all uses of it are obviously also specific to MB> Microsoft. DHCP on NT does not mean WINS! In order for a MS client to recieve WINS registration it must contact a WINS server and register itself. As it happens, one of MS's own bits (presumably) with DHCP is that NT DHCP server may optionally pass the clients the address of a WINS server to use - together with other TCP/IP config info such as default router, DNS servers, domain names etc. Having never read the RFC to which you refer I don't know if this MS specific or if the RFC allows for all sorts of vendor specific info to be passed in a DHCP session with a client.... but I assume that the regular TCP/IP config stuff is in the standard, but the WINS server addressing and netbios node type params are MS only... Andy (who runs a sizable enterprise network of 95/NT) --- GoldED 2.42.G0214+ * Origin: AnDy'5 Po1nTy Th1nG! (2:440/7.666) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: E4M00007 Date: 04/14/97 From: STEWART HYDE Time: 11:17pm \/To: ALLAN ANDERSON (Read 9 times) Subj: Windows 95 Hi Allan Anderson AA> I was wonderring, since I am new at this, which is the easiest AA> way to set up a mini network between two win95 PCs? If you are not worried about speed then use a null modem cable. 95 comes with the software for direct cable connections. If you are worried about speed then a couple of cheap ethernet cards with BNC connectors, 2 terminators and a lump of coax. Stew. e_mail stewart.hyde@cableinet.co.uk fidonet stewart hyde 2:257/145.2 --- FIPS/32 v0.98 W95/NT [Unreg] * Origin: Good ere innit! (2:257/145.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: E4M00008 Date: 04/14/97 From: TOM BEHARRELL Time: 01:09pm \/To: DISEN ABELLA (Read 9 times) Subj: Re: 2 node network: need advice Hello Disen :-) *** Disen Abella said the following to All in a message **** written on 10 Apr 97 21:18:51 titled 2 node network: need advice. DA> 1a) What brand of network cards do I need to buy? For occasional use, between a couple of PCs, I'd say nothing more than the cheapest NE2000 compatible cards, which is what I use to network my two 486 PCs (so I can logon to the BBS on the other computer, and work on it)... you're looking at about 20 pounds per machine for the card + vat. I often un Windows 3.11 over the network, because it's only installed on one machine, nd the 16bit ISA cards are perfectly acceptable in performance terms. DA> In what lengths are coax cables and UTP cables generally bought? DA> (I estimate my home needs would be just about 10-15 meters) I use thin ethernet, i.e. coax. You can buy it in almost any length, I ought about 10 metres. It can be bought pre-made, that is, with the BNC connectors on the ends, otherwise you can get the cable separately much cheaper (it's RG58, which is commonly used in many applications such as CB radio.) You'll then need the connectors, a couple of pounds, and a crimper - in our local computer shop the salesman did it for free when I bought the connectors. The longest total network length is about 170 metres which is more than adequate for most Local Area Networks. DA> IPX-compatibility DOS -- DA> One other concern -- how about IPX-compatible networks (eg. for ulti-user DA> games) -- isn't it just NE2000 compatibility for the network cards is DA> required? Simply loading the Novell IPX.COM, IPXODI.COM or VLM.EXE will DA> make the IPX work (without requiring a Netware server?), right? I use Novell NetWare Lite, which I'd suggest as a possible network system. It's protocol is IPX which is perfect for such games, and you can set each computer to be either server & client, dedicated server, or just client. There's the newer Personal NetWare, which is supposed to be even better, but haven't seen it in action... I hope this has helped :-) Tom. --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: -= The Eclipse BBS - KuH, England - 01482472956 =- (2:2502/123) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: E4M00009 Date: 04/15/97 From: IVAN SHULEV Time: 03:03pm \/To: STIAN HAKLEV (Read 9 times) Subj: Wingate Hi, Stian! Wednesday April 09 1997 18:09, Stian Haklev => Uldis Mikelsons : >>> If he wants to run a dedicated Internet hookup I believe he would. >>> At least, that's how it works here in the states. >> dedicated hookup .. why ? he can take unlimited dialup account .. >> local isp at normal flat rate and why u need dedicated hookup that >> costs you more ? SH> Well, actually, we don't have flat rates in Norway, but apart from SH> that, yes. Where can i find this WinGate? Point me to URL, please. WBR, Ivan --- GoldED/386 2.50+ * Origin: SpiderMan (2:5060/9.39) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: E4M00010 Date: 04/17/97 From: JOHN DONOHUE Time: 11:59am \/To: DON WAYBRIGHT (Read 9 times) Subj: CNA & CNE MB> When applying for a job in network admin, experience will MB> get you a lot further than a certification. The only place DW> As I have not applied for any I will not dispute this. It's just that I DW> have "heard" (the infamous word) from many that they, DW> the companies out there, are looking for the certs. I This is where the jobhunting technique of learning about the company(s) you are applying to (or in some cases, the site you are applying to) comes in. Hiring in large entities may be governed by paper policy; said policy may state "applicant must have X certifiction(s) for this position". Sometimes if you read the actual job description/advertisement is will say "X certificate OR x timeperiod of experience in this area". Other companies that are more impressed by accomplishment then paper, will want to hear all about your real world, self-motivated (wasn't nobody TOLD you to set up that system, was there?) experience below. DW> worried me. I have no industrial expierence. Infact DW> the only real world expierence I have is what it took DW> for me to turn a single node bbs system into a 5 DW> machine lan utilizing a satellite downlink for Fidonet DW> mail. I started this with no prior knowledge and DW> though Lantastic was pretty easy to just get it going I DW> did learn the in's and out's of the network (Mostly DW> from reading and participating in messages here). Sell the hell out of the above in your resume and in any interviews. A guy comes to me with a CNE certificate and no experience; I know that guy can pass an exam. I have no idea if he can accomplish any useful work. A guy comes to me with no paper, and the above experience; I know this guy can be handed a box of parts, some manuals, and with that and his own resources (like Fidonet) he can produce some kind of useful result. For the small shops or the large ones not bound by corporate policy, which do you think is more impressive? --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: McAllen Memorial Library FidoNet (1:397/5258) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: E4M00011 Date: 04/17/97 From: ULDIS MIKELSONS Time: 09:12pm \/To: IVAN SHULEV (Read 9 times) Subj: Wingate Hello Ivan! 15 Apr 97 15:03, Ivan Shulev wrote to Stian Haklev: SH>> Well, actually, we don't have flat rates in Norway, but apart SH>> from that, yes. IS> Where can i find this WinGate? Point me to URL, please. www.yahoo.com search wingate Uldis --- * Origin: ulmik@lame.org (2:5100/100) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: E4M00012 Date: 04/16/97 From: JOHN ALDRICH Time: 09:54am \/To: MUFUTAU TOWOBOLA (Read 9 times) Subj: Needed Info MT> Thanks. Then the effort will be useless and there will be no point in MT> trying it. Generally speaking, you want to indicate your "lastdrive" as your last PHYSICAL drive and let Netware add drive letters from there. What're you trying to do? Maybe we can help you find a work-around? --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: River Canyon Rd. BBS Chattanooga, Tn (1:362/627)