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At 12:15 PM 4/21/99 -0600, Gary Fritz wrote:
>> Gary, I have three win95/PII computers on a 10 baseT LAN One
>> computer is dedicated to TS40. If I put NT only on the TS4
>> computer (to avoid the transfer problems on the others), will I be
>> able to talk to the other two... Transfering files etc.
>
>Chas, I'm no networking expert, but I've set up 10baseT networks
>between Win95 and NT systems. I was stumbling blind through the
>whole process :-) but I had no problems mounting the W95 system's
>disk or accessing the W95 system's printer from NT. I still have a
>problem mounting the NT disk from W95 because it's asking for a
>password and I don't know what password it wants!! But I suspect
>someone who knew what they were doing wouldn't run into a problem
>here.
>
>Gary
NT is much more security conscious than Win95/98. There is a User Manager
(under administrative tools). This is where you set up users who may log
on. If you have a small trusted LAN, you can give 'Everyone' access with a
blank password. Make sure you check that the password doesn't need to be
changed. Then, you also need to specify sharing for the particular NT
resource. Note that sharing can be done at the directory level and the type
of access needs to be specified.
I have a LAN with one NT machine and three 95/98 machines here. Because
it's now always connected to the Internet thru a DSL router, I'm using the
firewall capabilities in the router but also have the disks locked down,
with specified open Share directories. Also, network printers are shared.
Allan
"Shun security." - Thales of Miletos
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