XP home as server ?

[Bill Lampman]

Hi,

I am trying to help a friend setup wireless networking between her XP
Home desktop and
her Win2000 laptop. Can her XPH - with the cable connection be the
file/print/network server?

XPH has internet sharing enabled, so the XPH has DHCP enabled - correct?

Can the 2000 machine be setup to log in to an XPH in the workgroup?

Thanks,

Bill

 

[Chuck]

Hi,

I am trying to help a friend setup wireless networking between her XP
Home desktop and
her Win2000 laptop. Can her XPH - with the cable connection be the
file/print/network server?

XPH has internet sharing enabled, so the XPH has DHCP enabled - correct?

Can the 2000 machine be setup to log in to an XPH in the workgroup?

Thanks,

Bill

Bill,

Yes, a computer can run WinXP Home, and act as a server to a computer running
Win2K or any other operating system.

More about file sharing, between all different versions of Windows:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>

 

[Scott M.]

You can "connect" several XP Home machines in a "Workgroup" network and they
can share resources (files, printers, etc.), but XP Home boxes can't be
servers, nor can the act as a client in a domain.

XP Home does not have a Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) server in it as
XP Home can't act as a server. What you need to do is this:

Internet comes into house via Cable or DSL
Cable or DSL connect to either a Cable or DSL modem
Router (a.k.a. Gateway) is connected to the Cable or DSL modem.**
** Most routers can also act as a DHCP server and even contain a
Firewall (you may have to enable DHCP though)
Individual PC's connect to router**
** Each PC has its TCP/IP property setting set to "Obtain IP
Addresses Automatically" (property dialog of the network connection)

 

[Scott M.]

No Chuck, that's incorrect. File sharing and acting as a server are 2
different things. XP Home is NOT a server. It does not have a web server
included, it can't act as a DHCP server, it can't act as a domain server, it
can't log into a domain as a client of that network, etc.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

You can "connect" several XP Home machines in a "Workgroup" network and they
can share resources (files, printers, etc.), but XP Home boxes can't be
servers, nor can the act as a client in a domain.

XP Pro can't be a domain server, either.

However, I think that Bill's asking about a computer being a server
for file and printer sharing. As you say, Scott, XP Home can do that.

XP Home does not have a Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) server in it as
XP Home can't act as a server.

Yes, XP Home does have a DHCP server, if you enable Internet
Connection Sharing as Bill said he has. It will assign TCP/IP
properties to the 2000 machine.

Bill, the 2000 machine can't "log into an XPH", but it doesn't need
to. It can share the XPH machine's Internet connection, files, and
printers.
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[Chuck]

No Chuck, that's incorrect. File sharing and acting as a server are 2
different things. XP Home is NOT a server. It does not have a web server
included, it can't act as a DHCP server, it can't act as a domain server, it
can't log into a domain as a client of that network, etc.

Scott,

I guess it depends upon your definition of server. WinXP Home runs the server
service, just as WinXP Pro or Win2K does.

The OP mentioned "file/print/network server" between a XP Home desktop and a
Win2000 laptop. The XP Home OS will provide file and printer sharing. It won't
provide a DHCP server, nor will XP Pro, as a separate service - but XP Home WILL
run ICS, and provide DHCP as part of ICS.

And an XP Home system can be accessed just as easily as an XP Pro system, in a
workgroup.

 

[Bill Lampman]

Hi,

I'm sorry that the incorrect wording of my question created an argument.
I was trying toask -
and I've gotten the answer to - two questions.

A> Is DHCP included in XP Home internet sharing...and

B> Can W2K be assigned an XP home workgroup to access files.

Again - sorry for asking vague questions, and sorry that the semantics
caused such a problem.

Bill

 

[Scott M.]

Yes Chuck, I think we both are on the same page. I wanted to clarify to the
OP the difference between a server and file sharing. I did mention that
connecting and sharing resources would be possible in a workgroup.