Anthony Garvey wrote:


> If it were my small peer-to-peer network I would use only the NetBEUI
> protocol.  I would remove IPX and TCP/IP unless there is a special need
for
> them.  Most importantly, I would make sure that all machines are in the
same
> "workgroup".

Well, I removed IPX from the WIN2k machine only, and things worked just
great with just TCP/IP, (needed for internet connections.)  I was trying to
match the customer's environment with the IPX, but if I can integrate
seamlessly with just TCP/IP what the heck!  (As a gamer I have always
favored IPX over NetBEUI for no good reason at all.  The customer also is
using IPX for whatever reason when their system was originally set up.)

You would be using NTFS instead of FAT.

Security is definately not an issue, seeing everyone elses computer is -in
this environment.  There is no server, and for some reason they want to
treat the group as a massive "virtual server."

>You would then assign access permissions to your shared resources on the
W2000
> computer.  If you're not concerned with security, you can bypass the need
to
> set up user accounts and permissions by leaving the GUEST account enabled.
>
> ...your IPX frame type isn't the same on all of the PCs.

I have never had to set this before...what is a common setting?

Original jist of the conversation...

> > I recently talked a customer into trying Windows 2000.
> >
> > In trying to intgrate the system into his Windows 98 peer to peer
network,
> > (no server), he is able to see other Win98 computers from the Win2k
> > machine,
> > but not visa-versa.  Sometimes it sees and asks for a password, most of
> > the
> > time its "no see" or "cannot find."

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