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Quick Question

Feb 28, 2004 12:21AM PST

Can you create a network though LAN using ip address?

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Re:Quick Question
Feb 28, 2004 12:46AM PST

Yes, I believe that is a requirement.

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Re:Quick Question
Feb 28, 2004 1:11AM PST

No such requirement exists. Examples include the old Microsoft networking and Novell IPX/SPX networking.

Bob

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To get more usable answers, rephrase and explain your question.
Feb 28, 2004 3:47AM PST

A LAN is a network, so creating a network through LAN is more or less nonsense.
And you create a network using hardware like hubs, switches, NIC's and cables, and software that comes with Windows (or Apple OS, for that matter) or the hardware or that you buy separately. Some of that software uses ip-addresses internally, but you would reference the computer in everyday usage with their name, not with their ip-address, so it's rather an unimportant detail.

HTH,


Kees