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Re: Please help with small LAN!

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From: Sam Dong
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 03:15
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--Craig Win ME will create an installation disk for installing networking on
all other computers +internet sharing and it dose not matter which version
of windows they have I youse TCP/imp
 Is there a chance you have a driver for an SMC Ethernet card WD8013w
Sam Bell at Redcliffe
Australia
"Craig" <craigrichard@accesswave.ca> wrote in message
news:lV7v7.36887$Z2.532065@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
> Hi, I'm setting up a small LAN (5-7 PC's) at my flight school for the
> purposes of file and maybe printer and internet sharing.
>
> I've got a few questions I need straightforward answers to:
>
> 1.    I've heard that Peer 2 Peer setups don't allow for internet sharing,
> but I'm wondering if that is true.
>
> 2.    Some PC's are running win95(A or B, not sure), others 98(not SE),
> another two are winME.  Should all systems be running the same OS to
> communicate efficiently and hassle-free?
>
> 3.    Should this all be running with NETBUI?
>
> 4.    Do I need to set up an Administrative Account? We'd like all users
to
> log in to the system, but how do we track their movements?
>
> 5.    This is just going to be a 10baseT setup, with a small hub... Need I
> get any more complex?  What will this P2P setup allow me to do? Just share
> files? I'm looking for all the things we can do with this network.
>
> Thanks in advance, all help is appreciated.
>
> Craig
>
>
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