why is it so hard to see who is on the network?
just a simple list of who is logged on currently.

You have to define "current". When the user is not doing anything (or just
went off and left the machine running with it logged in) there is no
traffic, therefore there isn't anything "current" to measure unless they
have a document open on their screen that is a file from a fileserver, in
which case just that one single file would be "in use".

Normally after a user first logs in, you could unplug thier network cable
and they would never notice the difference until they tried to open a file
on the network or tried to go to the Internet.

It isn't like the old days of client-server mainframes with "dumb terminals"
that maintain a constant live connection to the server, or run some terminal
emulation. Windows Terminal Services would be the closest modern form of
that and I'm sure the Terminal Servce Manager will show the current active
TS Users.


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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
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"bam Bino" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> why is it so hard to see who is on the network?
> just a simple list of who is logged on currently.
>
>

When configured through a DHCP server, from the allocation of IPswe can easily find the users on the network. Additioanally freewares are available to monitor continuously about the list of users.

Exactly. I think that should have been tool number 1 for a network.


"Sathya" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When configured through a DHCP server, from the allocation of IPswe can
easily find the users on the network. Additioanally freewares are available
to monitor continuously about the list of users.

"bam Bino" wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
: why is it so hard to see who is on the network?
: just a simple list of who is logged on currently.

Logged onto the domain? The fact is they can be on the network, without
using DHCP, not logged onto any domain.
Let's say they're running TCP/IP and have a valid IP address. How would you
know?

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"Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> wrote in message
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> "bam Bino" wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> : why is it so hard to see who is on the network?
> : just a simple list of who is logged on currently.
>
> Logged onto the domain? The fact is they can be on the network, without
> using DHCP, not logged onto any domain.
> Let's say they're running TCP/IP and have a valid IP address. How would
you
> know?
>
> --
> Roland Hall
> /* This information is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability
> or fitness for a particular purpose. */
> Online Support for IT Professionals -
> http://support.microsoft.com/service...p?fr=0&sd=tech
> How-to: Windows 2000 DNS:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;308201
>
>

"Emilio Goldstien" wrote in message
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: They are the computer experts. let them tell us.

It was a rhetorical question.