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Originally posted by Staralfur:
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Originally posted by Thoran:
Because Windows XP is based on NT, you will have some hurdles getting them to talk to each other. Windows NT security is tighter than 98, and you'll probably find that at the default settings you can't see shares on your XP box from the 98 box, but you can go the other way... XP TO 98.
You can get around this by opening up the security on your XP box... which is fine if you're not connecting to the internet.
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Bah it's not that hard. We currently have 5 different pc's in my house, running 4 versions of windows and 1 on linux; all of which can access the internet. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Barb, I wouldn't bother with a hub if is only 2 pc's that you are hooking up. Just remember terminators if you are using BNC cable. 
[/QUOTE]accessing the internet is the easy part... it's the file shares I was talking about...
what the "simple file sharing" stuff for XP does is give "everyone" access to shared resources (specific shares and access depends on which "level" you choose). This in and of itself is not horrible, but the way 95/98/me boxes get access to folders on XP is through the "Guest" account. If your XP box is on the internet the first thing you normally want to do is disable the Guest account, and you CERTAINLY don't want to give the Guest account access to folders on your system. All my boxes are at least NT and the only access is for users who are domain authenticated... you can't do that if you want 95/98/ME boxes to see shared resources on the network.
by opening your system up so 95/98/me systems can see shared folders you're leaving it open to outside attack... and as I said... you're REALLY relying on your firewall to protect you (more so than I'm comfortable with myself). It's up to you...
[ 05-14-2002, 12:31 AM: Message edited by: Thoran ]