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2 total messages Started by John Dann Mon, 19 Feb 2001 17:15

#335

Author: John Dann
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 17:15

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Having just got my new home 10baseT TCP/IP LAN going, I'm now learning
how to use it. A couple of very basic questions about working in
Win9x:

1. AIUI My Computer, Windows Explorer and Network Neighbourhood are
all slightly different instances of the same thing. My Computer seems
to just display information about the local PC - maybe not
surprisingly! But is there any functional difference between WE and NN
for accessing the network? Cosmetics aside, does one do anything
network-related that the other doesn't? Or is the functionality of WE
simply divided into MC and NN as a way of 'simplifying' (ie
mystifying) the local and LAN aspects of the system?

2. I understand - I think - about how to set up shared resources eg
files on diffferent networked PCs, but what about copying or moving
files from one PC to another across the network. Does Cut/Paste or
dragging in eg WE work the same as on the local PC or is there more to
it across the network? Reason for asking is that leafing through an
introductory book on networks, the topic of FTP is raised very early
in talking about file transfer. I'm obviously familiar with FTP in the
Internet context, but surely there are other ways of doing file
transfer between PCs on a small LAN?

Regards
John Dann

Re: Network Q's

#336

Author: Paul Terry
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:07

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In article <kpk29tgjfo4fss5rua15l2rjbsdvbco2nn@4ax.com> John Dann wrote:

>Having just got my new home 10baseT TCP/IP LAN going, I'm now learning
>how to use it. A couple of very basic questions about working in
>Win9x:

This newsgroup is for IP questions concerning using Windows to connect
to Demon, hence the name demon.ip.support.win95

You would do better to ask in a newsgroup devoted to Windows (and/or)
network matters.

>1. AIUI My Computer, Windows Explorer and Network Neighbourhood are
>all slightly different instances of the same thing. 

Yes in that they are all based on Windows Explorer.

>My Computer seems
>to just display information about the local PC - maybe not
>surprisingly! 

I would be surprised. At the top level here My Computer shows all the
available drives, including networked ones. But this may vary according
to the network software you use.

>But is there any functional difference between WE and NN
>for accessing the network? Cosmetics aside, does one do anything
>network-related that the other doesn't? Or is the functionality of WE
>simply divided into MC and NN as a way of 'simplifying' (ie
>mystifying) the local and LAN aspects of the system?

It sounds like the latter to me.

>2. I understand - I think - about how to set up shared resources eg
>files on diffferent networked PCs, but what about copying or moving
>files from one PC to another across the network. Does Cut/Paste or
>dragging in eg WE work the same as on the local PC

Yes.

> or is there more to
>it across the network? 

Well it can be a bit slower, but drag 'n' drop and copy and paste should
work just fine for shared resources.

-- 
Paul Terry

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