RE: GMC Network

["Fox, Kevin M" <kmfox bhi010 bhi-erc com>]

I am afraid you are mistaken. They use WINS. When a computer is connected to
the network the windows box tells the WINS server its name and ip. The
windows box doesn't broadcast. And yes, people do use the Network
Neighborhood.

If you still don't believe me, check the samba smb.conf file. You will see a
line in there for WINS, ether to report itself to an existing WINS server,
or become a WINS server.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Miguel de Icaza [SMTP:miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx]
> Sent:	Monday, December 28, 1998 4:42 PM
> To:	allbery@hilfy.ece.cmu.edu
> Subject:	Re: GMC Network
> 
> 
> > Large companies do not use Network Neighborhood, because it requires
> that 
> > Windows boxes spew all over the network on a short schedule.  Small
> companies 
> > use it because they don't know better or they have so little network
> usage 
> > that a bunch of Windows boxes spamming the network every 30 seconds
> isn't 
> > noticed.
> 
> I agree entirely.  I would like to include code from the Cheops
> program in the file manager (or talk to Cheops from the File Manager
> to achieve this effect).
> 
> Miguel.
> 
> 
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