RE: Connect Peer & DLS
BY: mark lewis to Mack Nethkin on Tue Nov 19 1996 10:00:58
 >  MN> uhm, OS/2 really doesn't like the same guy logged in from mulitple
 >  MN> machines.  Network messaging will fail to work, and it'll let you
 >  MN> know it too.  Think about it.  On a LAN, Mack is logged onto
 >  MN> machine 1, and Mack is logged onto machine 2, how could I address
 >  MN> a msg to send to Mack? That's me!  What if I had Mack logged on 3
 >  MN> machines, which 'Mack' did I really want my msg going to?  OS/2
 >  MN> get's confused, so it just shuts down the network messaging...
 >  MN> True, that's probably not a big deal seeing how you're probably
 >  MN> not the type to talk to yourself across a lan (hehe),
 > 
 > errr... on any network that i'm aware of, mack is the same guy so send the
 > message to ALL nodes that mack is logged in on... this is the way that 
novel
 > does it and it works with no problems... you cannot have more than one 
ser
 > with the same account name unless you want both users to "be the same 
user" 
 > far as the network is concerned...
   Yes, but OS/2 Connect and Warp v4 are not novell.  And I know from
   experience with 2 os/2 machines connected, if you log on to both using
   the same user name, it causes problems, and will immediately come up 
   telling you that it detects the same user name on more then one machine,
   network messaging is not available.
   The big difference here is Peer to Peer, vice a PDC with Novell, or NT.
   I've played with Novell a bit, set up a few networks with it, but prefer
   NT v4.0 to it... Although they both do a lot of the same stuff. When your
   on a lan with a PDC, then the guy who'se logged on more then one machine,
   truely is the SAME guy.  This is different then if you are Peer to Peer,
   where there is no PDC, and every machine is taking care of it's own
   security... ie. Mack on Machine1 uses a p/w of BLEH, and Mack on Machine2
   uses a p/w of HELB... As far as the network is concerned... Mack:Machine1
   is a different person then Mack:Machine2, and how do you control network
   messaging in that case?  Or a variety of other networking functions
   that interface with the USER who's logged on, rather then the machine
   name?
   You're absolutely correct though, having a network setup with a PDC is
   deffinently a better solution, except most people don't want a dedicated
   server in their house. :)   I run NT Server in mine, I have 3 machines,
   One for my BBS, One for me, and One for my wife.  With NT Server, I can
   run '95 apps on it, so it's semi-dedicated.  But I have it setup as a PDC,
   and it runs real sweet.  A lot better then Peer to Peer, althought 
   Peer to Peer is not a bad option for 2 computers in a home... As long as
   you log on with seperate user names on each machine.  
    -- Mack
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