Simple: Draw boundaries and stick to them - that's EXACTLY what I did. The place I just dropped? My wife's employer (and she's the office manager), I basically told them the same thing I said here - "I have tried but it's just not going to jive with my current business model and capabilities". I would rather sever the tie ahead of time instead of underperform and give the impression my business doesn't know its trade.
Dave From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 12:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: I hate peer-to peer so much... (was RE: Cant Browse workgroup) Ugh, I feel your pain. I'm too busy, overworked, and underpaid, at %dayjob% where I am requested to handle duties at a very smalltime autoshop (trust me, not something I want to be doing), and its all P2P. Sure I would love to deliver them a full domain environment, but these are gearheads that just want to be working on a car. And I am too damn busy to implement that, let alone train them. I keep the sh!t afloat with calibrated hosts files. Ugly, sure, but I don't have the time to dick with it. Oh forgot to mention this is a favor for a member of management. I don't see an extra dollar for douching around at this joint. It's enough to make me want to just walk out the door for good. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 9:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: I hate peer-to peer so much... (was RE: Cant Browse workgroup) 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$<file:///\\machine\c$>"? 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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
