[COMP] Re: since the list is quite...could I get some LMhosts help please?

On Wednesday 13 June 2001 01:59, you wrote:
> Thanks Mark
>
> you wrote:
> "Computer names are needed for everything when it comes
> to networking.  What do you think happens when you open
> a web browser and get www.sony.com?  That is just a name,
> which _resolves_ to an IP address."
>
> So...what happens on the Internet with dns also has to
> happen within a intranet?

Yeah, if you want that name to ip resolution process.  I personally don't 
use it here.  When my g/f connects to my box, she uses my IP.  


> I think I read that there is something called Root that is
> a central kinda dns database.

The root servers are just the top of the DNS system -- it's designed like 
a tree (go read about the tree data structure for more there). 

> So what does that mean...a lan can have a domain even though
> the world (internet) doesn't recognize it as a DOMAIN

uhm yeah, I guess you could make one up...  Why would you want to though?

> Since I am behind a linksys, with it's nat, don't I have
> significantly
> less security problems?

Yeah, but no firewall can't be pierced.  Your firewall's only as strong as 
your weakest machine.

> ----------------------------
> more questions
> ----------------------------
> Will I have to enter a password each time I access another box
> within
> my lan?

Hopefully.  That's up to you.

> If so, that's ok...will I also have to enter a username to
> get/send files
> between the boxes on the lan?

Not once authenticated with the machine, assuming you're using SMB anyway.

Too many questions man, someone else can answer the others. :)  Gotta go 
to work...

John




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