Setting up 2 PC's to share drive

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Bob wrote:

From a Microsoft networking forum:
"Windows 2000 Pro does not have a DHCP server, you'll need to use
static addressing to be sure it will work correctly."


My discussion centered around running Win2K.

Idiot.
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Pot, kettle. In this case you are the one who looks like an idiot to anyone
who has more than superficial acquaintance with Windows 2000 networking.

You might want to read
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;234815#appliesto>.
Note the part about "DHCP Allocator - A simplified DHCP service that
assigns the IP address, gateway, and name server on the local network."
You might also refer your informant to this. The fact that someone posts
messages on a "Microsoft networking forum" doesn't mean that he has a clue.
Hell, Rod can post to a Microsoft networking forum and for all you know he
was the one who gave you the misinformation.
 
J. Clarke said:
You might want to read
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;234815#appliesto>.
Note the part about "DHCP Allocator - A simplified DHCP service that
assigns the IP address, gateway, and name server on the local network."
You might also refer your informant to this. The fact that someone posts
messages on a "Microsoft networking forum" doesn't mean that he has a clue.
Hell, Rod can post to a Microsoft networking forum and for all you know he
was the one who gave you the misinformation.
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Here's a freeware DHCP/TFTP server that I have used and like.

http://tftpd32.jounin.net/
 
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