Workgroups and whether pigs have wings.

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I feel stupid. I have 3 machine. They all have 3com Nics
in them and they are running Windows XP pro, XP home and
Windows Server 2000. (The server OS is NOT configured as
a domain controller or at least active directory isn't up
and running. What I want to do is simply network these 3
computers together in a home workgroup.
So I set each of the machines to use the unique IP
addresses of 10.0.0.1/3 The subnet masks are 255.0.0.0 on
all machines and here's the first problem. What should
the default gateway be for each of these machines? What
about DNS, WIN and the other setting what should I set
those to?
Basicall what is the right way to set up a mixed OS
workgroup?
Note two of the machines mine with xp pro and my wifes
with xp home both have modems and connect directly to our
ISP with internal modems.
Any help is greatly appreacitated.
Shawn G.
 
For a workgroup configuration only you do not need a gateway, DNS, or WINS.
 
"ShawnG" said:
I feel stupid. I have 3 machine. They all have 3com Nics
in them and they are running Windows XP pro, XP home and
Windows Server 2000. (The server OS is NOT configured as
a domain controller or at least active directory isn't up
and running. What I want to do is simply network these 3
computers together in a home workgroup.
So I set each of the machines to use the unique IP
addresses of 10.0.0.1/3 The subnet masks are 255.0.0.0 on
all machines and here's the first problem. What should
the default gateway be for each of these machines? What
about DNS, WIN and the other setting what should I set
those to?
Basicall what is the right way to set up a mixed OS
workgroup?
Note two of the machines mine with xp pro and my wifes
with xp home both have modems and connect directly to our
ISP with internal modems.
Any help is greatly appreacitated.
Shawn G.
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You only need to specify the IP address and subnet mask, because:

1. There's no WINS server in a workgroup, and:

2. The default gateway and DNS addresses are only needed if the
computers access the Internet via the local area network.

The mixed OS versions won't be a problem -- all versions of Windows
can network with each other using TCP/IP. It isn't strictly
necessary, but accessing the other computers might be a little easier
if you specify the same workgroup name on all computers.

Disable XP's Internet Connection Firewall on the local area network
connections to allow file and printer sharing. Enable it on the
dial-up Internet connections to protect your computers from Internet
hackers.
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