Thank you, Microsoft, for integrating TCP/IP networking (and other things like I.E.). With Win98, if we had a networking problem that was unsolvable any other way, we could uninstall Networking Support and start over. With WinXP, that uninstall is down to the "reinstall Windows" level.
Terry At 07:29 AM 12/12/2004, you wrote: >This is part rant, and part plea for help. > >I had 2 incidences (and have talked to others who have experienced this, one >of which lurks here and needs a solution) make that "3" > where someone plugs an XP laptop >into the network, immediately causing problems. I've seen a lone XP laptop >take down an entire LAN. Other types of problems I've heard about include XP >finding and connecting to a wireless AP across the street and deciding on its >own to "bridge" the 2 LANs. By the way, I know what bridging is, but I >suspect that Redmond's idea of it is slightly different. > >A). What the &$*%# is going on with XP? What causes it to DoS a LAN? The Redmond Virus? <grin> >B). How can a laptop be told to say on its side of the fence (we're talking >clueless sales dweebs that aren't smart enough to toggle the wireless NIC off >when they enter the building)? You have to do that with your system -- block casual connections by using encryption. Or, you can set your routers to only talk to specific MAC addresses. Or, both. >C). I'm looking for ideas (links, too) about these problems, technical >descriptions thereof, solutions and work-arounds. > >I know that XP Professional is much saner than XP Personal, but since these >are worker-owned laptops, I have no control over what they bring into the >building. The company in question has a ban on XP, but that doesn't stop some >lusers from trying to sneak their XP laptops into the building. My son has XP Pro, and we have the same issue with his machine on our home network ( no Win domain controller ). He can't see any other machine, but can get to the Internet. And, he hoses our file/printer sharing OCCASIONALLY -- , but if he shuts down, all is well for the other machines. >Thanks. >-- > > >Joey Kelly >< Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant > >http://joeykelly.net > > >"I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." > --- David Bradley, the IBM employee that invented CTRL-ALT-DEL > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Terry Stockdale -- Baton Rouge, LA http://www.terrystockdale.com
