Woody (TMW) wrote:

>>WinXP Home?
>>Using Microsoft 'share connection' stuff?
>>These do not like local network TCP/IP and that is probably where the
>>problem is.
>
> I run Win2K on my machine and it serves as the internet shared connection. I
> also run IB 6 and it has no effect what-so-ever on the other machines
> connecting to the internet. I don't know what you mean by "local network
> TCP/IP" but if you mean internal network IP addressing, mine is set up
> exactly that way.

WinXP Home is not designed to be a Server - you are supposed to pay 5
times as much for the server version - and a number of network related
functions are simply not enabled, causing problems when you try and use
it as a server.

It CAN be used, but since the 'shared connection' stuff takes over the
routing function, things can be problematic. The Microsoft response is
always buy Win2003 Server, so we need to establish a reliable way round
the 'legal problems' :)

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