I can usually convince a business to get a server. Usually telling a business that they will experience more downtime (individually or collectively) and have increased support costs due to extra time required to diagnose issues like the one that kicked this discussion off.
Note, you didn't hijack the thread, if you rename it, it's not a hijack. On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:25 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > Not to hijack this thread – but I will - I just dropped the only client > with a peer-to-peer network because the difference in managing 6 systems > with no server is enough that I do not find it time-effective to figure out > the “peer to peer” equivalents because none of my other clients nor %DAYJOB% > require that skill. Have a server? Give me a call. Peer-to-peer? Call a > skilled home user or some college dude. > > > > I remember the first time I tried to clean a virus from XP Home OS – had > never used that OS as I’d always seen the Pro versions “hey, how can I get > to \\machine\c$”? WTF? > > > > Dave > > > > *From:* Jeff Steward [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 31, 2010 2:19 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Cant Browse workgroup > > > > His mess = your profit. Having said that, I hate peer to peer networks. > > > > -Jeff Steward > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 5:13 PM, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ive been telling the guy forever to get a server for less then 2 grand, so > at the very least he can centralize his data and back it up. Practically all > his printers have Ethernet ports and could be managed by the server, login > scripts for shares etc etc, the list goes on and I know I'm preaching the > choir here just getting frustrated dealing with his mess. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Scott" <[email protected]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 5:02 PM > > > Subject: Re: Cant Browse workgroup > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Jeff Steward <[email protected]> > wrote: > > This thread brings back memories from the bad old days. > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188305 > "Remember that name resolution among all browsers is critical and that the > first thing to do is to establish a robust name resolution infrastructure > with WINS. A lot of time can be wasted trying to track down browser issues, > which are really caused by name resolution problems." > > > He mentioned he can ping the other computers by name, which suggests > it probabbly isn't a name resolution issue. > > Also, AFAIK, you can't run a WINS server on Windows unless you have > one of the "Server" flavors of Windows, and he doesn't. If he had a > Windows Server it would automatically get preferential treatment in > browser elections, so he prolly wouldn't be dealing with browser wars > in the first place. > > (Linux/Samba can also act as a WINS server. You also get explict > control over all the NetBIOS name resolution and browse and election > parameters, which can come in handy.) > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
