MB> LEE ARONER wrote in a message to JOHN HENTSCH:
JH> The machine names aren't the same but I haven't ran across a workgroup
  > setting. Is that a Microsoft term?
 LA>    A workgroup is the smaller version of a domain.
 LA>    WfWG, NT and OS/2 are all based on the same SMB
 LA> networking code.     Workgroup and domain names are
 LA> essentially interchangable across     all three products.
MB> The critical difference is that workgroups are flat and non-distributed, 
while
  > domains are hierarchical and can be distributed.  They serve the same 
general
  > functions, however, and can be thought of similarly.
   Of course, just trying to get the point across without confusing 
   him...one step at a time worked for me when I was trying to 
   understand networks.    
                                       LRA
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