Haslett, Andrew
andrew.haslett at ilc.gov.au
Tue Jul 13 18:09:39 CDT 2004
Yeah I'm not sure about the printers... We have a few users here at work who take laptops home and connect to their home machines and haven't reported any issues, however I assume they'd all be connected locally to the laptop and not used over a network... Do you have the printer connected to a machine or a router / print server? As for replication - not sure. I'm trying to recall some scripts I used to dynamically connect and replicate over dial-up / WAN but I can't recall whether I specified IP address or not... Worth a try though... >> It is possible that two machines could get the same IP in rare cases... You can avoid this by assigning them each a different static IP on the same subnet if you wish. << >> So, XP Home allows this? << It doesn't know (nor does any operating system AFAIK)... As you're not (assumably) using a central point to distribute IP addresses (such as a DHCP server), then each individual machine gives itself a certain IP address (in a specified range) without knowing what the IP address of any other machines are. I can go into more detail on how IP addresses are assigned if you wish.. Cheers, A -----Original Message----- From: Steven W. Erbach [mailto:serbach at new.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, 13 July 2004 10:24 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Windows XP Home vs Pro Andrew, >> You should still be able to communicate by IP and generally by machine name (depending on name resolution techniques) irrespective of what the workgroup 'name' is - that is, as long as you have them on the same subnet (they should all automatically get an IP in the same range by default). << Interesting. I wonder, though, about the ability of a laptop that floats from one LAN to another to get comfie with that LAN's printer. The cable modem seems to work just fine without regard to the machine name or group name; it's the printing capability I'm concerned about most. There's one other issue: I've got an Access application at my client's office that uses Replication. I believe that Replication relies on the machine name, yes? Regards, Steve Erbach Scientific Marketing Neenah, WI 920-969-0504 "Being steadfast in defense of carefully considered convictions is a virtue. Being blankly incapable of distinguishing cherished hopes from disappointing facts, or of reassessing comforting doctrines in face of contrary evidence, is a crippling political vice." - George Will _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ ******************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may contain information protected by law from disclosure. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. No warranty is given that this email or files, if attached to this email, are free from computer viruses or other defects. They are provided on the basis the user assumes all responsibility for loss, damage or consequence resulting directly or indirectly from their use, whether caused by the negligence of the sender or not.