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To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (118)	11/26/1997 12:07:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Respond to of 163

Thanks Derek B and Sean W. Smith for all of the good advice about how to set up an Ethernet network for home use. My goal is to find a good way to synchronise the files on a laptop and a desktop PC. Your approach will be a faster than using the serial ports for transferring data between the two PCs.

To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (118)	12/3/1997 11:53:00 AM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 163

Most likely a coincidence but I see the December 16, 1997 edition of PC Magazine has a good article on small networks. The article is titled "The ABC's of Windows 95 Networks". The article cleared up a couple of points that wern't mention in the previous discussion. In particular the two different types of networks, client/server and peer to peer. A Client/server network requires a network operating system, for example Novell's Netware or Windows NT Server. Whereas the type you recommended, a peer to peer does not require a network operating system. Windows 95 has support built into it for a peer to peer network. The article mentioned one major advantage a small ethernet network has over a direct connection is that an ethernet network permits two way communications whereas a direct connection only permits one way conmmunication. I am convinced ethernet is the way to go. I recommended this article to any one planning on implementing a small network.