
   Setting up Peer-to-Peer Networking in Windows 95
   
                                      
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   You must change some settings to enable your Windows 95 machine to
   share and connect to resources across the Internet. These instructions
   are basically the same for a regular network installation of Windows
   95, but these are specialized for Windows 95 Internet use. IMPORTANT!
   There is a potential security risk with an older version of the
   drivers that are used with this type of connection. Please make sure
   that you download the update program and run it AFTER following the
   instructions on this page.
   
What You Need to Get Started:

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   First, make sure that your Internet connection to your provider runs
   well. Troubleshooting gets messy unless you know what works and what
   doesn't. To set up your Windows 95 machine for Internetworking, all
   you need is a Windows 95 machine with a functioning PPP connection to
   your provider (Windows 95 does not support peer-to-peer networking
   over SLIP connections).
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Step 1: Verify that Client for Microsoft Networks is Installed

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   Go into your Control Panel, then double-click Network. You'll see the
   Network dialog box, which looks like this. If Client for Microsoft
   Networks is installed, go to step 2.
   
   If Client for Microsoft Networks does not appear on the list, then
   press Add, then Client, then find the Client for Microsoft Networks
   option. Press OK and it will appear in the Networks dialog box.
   
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Step 2: Verify that Sharing is Enabled

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   Go into your Control Panel, then double-click Network. You'll see the
   Network dialog box, which looks like this. If File and printer Sharing
   for Microsoft Networks is installed, go to step 3.
   
   If File and printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks does not appear on
   the list, then press Add, then Service, then find the File and printer
   Sharing for Microsoft Networks option. Press OK and it will appear in
   the Networks dialog box.
   
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Step 3: Configure File and Printer Sharing

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   Go into your Control Panel, then double-click Network. Press theFile
   and Print Sharing button. You'll get a dialog box like this. Click one
   or both boxes, depending on if you'd like to share your files and/or
   printers
   
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Step 4: Set your Computer Name and Workgroup

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   Go into your Control Panel, then double-click Network. You'll see the
   Network dialog box, which looks like this. Click the Identification
   tab. The tab looks like this.
   
   Fill in a name for your computer (this is the NetBIOS name). You can
   call it anything, and it is not case-sensitive. Fill in anything for
   the Workgroup option (workgroups don't work yet across subnets, making
   it impossible to "browse" your Network Neighborhood for other
   computers on Internet).
   
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Step 5: Set Access Control

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   Go into your Control Panel, then double-click Network. You'll see the
   Network dialog box, which looks like this. Click the Access Contol
   tab. The tab looks like this. Enable the Share-level access control,
   as shown in the picture.
   
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Step 6: Configure WINS and LMHOSTS

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   To connect to and to share resources across the Internet, your
   computer has to be able to find other computers, and they have to be
   able to find you!
   
   Computers use IP addresses for locating each other. They either have a
   permanently addigned (static) IP address, or they have a different
   (dynamic) IP address each time they connect to the network.
   
   WINS and its companion, LMHOSTS, work together to locate remote
   computers. While WINS will suffice to locate both static and dynamic
   IP addresses, LMHOSTS is useful for locating static IP addresses that
   don't use WINS (if your computer cannot locate an IP address using
   WINS, it will automatically try LMHOSTS) (click here for more
   information about WINS).
   
   Regardless of how your computer receives its IP address, you can use a
   combination of the LMHOSTS and WINS to locate remote computers.
   
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  To configure WINS do the following:
  
   Open up the Control Panel. Double click the Network icon select the
   TCP/IP option and press Properties. You'll see the TCP/IP properties
   tabs, which look like this.
   
   Click on the WINS Configuration tab. It should look like this. Select
   the Enable WINS Resolution button, and the dialog box will let you
   enter the IP address(es) of your WINS server(s).
   
   If you don't have a WINS server on your network, or you don't know
   what a WINS server is, put the number 204.118.34.6 in for the Primary,
   and use 204.118.34.11 as the Secondary WINS server. Your dialog box
   should now look something like this.
   
   The WINS servers at 204.118.34.6 and 204.118.34.11 are free WINS
   servers run by Tim Hall at Winserve. I received a very nice email from
   Tim, offering his WINS services to me and to all readers of my pages.
   You can find more information about Tim and his terrific WINS services
   at www.winserve.com.
   
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  To configure LMHOSTS do the following:
  
   Using a text editor, make a file in your Windows directory called
   LMHOSTS (with no file extension). This file contains the IP addresses
   and NetBIOS name of the machines you'll want to be able to reach. The
   format of the file is:

IP.Add.re.s.s ComputerName

   For example, try putting the following line in your LMHOSTS file:

198.105.232.1 ftp

   That is the IP address and NetBIOS name of Microsoft's NT FTP Server!
   
   If you're trying to find your IP address and NetBIOS name for a friend
   to put in his/her LMHOSTS file, the easist way is to go to the Start
   menu and Run... NBTSTAT -N. This will run a DOS window and display
   your IP address at the top of the screen (something like 123.123.12.3)
   and will list your NetBIOS local name table. Your computer name is the
   first entry in the table.
   
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Step 7: Verify Log On To Network Option

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   If you're using Dial-up Networking, go to your Dial-Up Networking
   Folder and select your dial-up connection icon. Press the right mouse
   button and choose Properties.... Now press the Server Type... button.
   You'll get the Server Types dialog box, which looks like this. Check
   the Log On To Network option. Also, make sure that the computer you
   wish to connect to has File And Printer Sharing For Microsoft Networks
   installed, and is sharing some resources (directories, drives,
   printers, etc.).
   
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Step 8: Login and Connect

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   Dial-up and login to your regular Internet connection as you normally
   would. Then, go to any Explorer window or the My Computer window.
   Click the Map Network Drive button. You'll see a dialog box pop up and
   show you your first available drive letter, like this. On the Path:
   line, enter the information for the computer you want to log on to,
   using the \\ComputerName\SharedResourceName format.
   
   If you only know the \\ComputerName, you can still connect. Just make
   sure the Network Neighborhood icon is present on your desktop, press
   the Start button, then select Run..., and type in the \\ComputerName.
   You'll get a dialog box with all the shared resources available on the
   remote computer. Or, to just connect to a drive on an NT machine, run
   the \\ComputerName\driveletter$. Make sure the dollar sign follows the
   drive letter!
   
   If you don't happen to know the names of some shared resources out on
   the Net, go to the Start menu and Run... the following:
   
\\winserve.001\guest

   This will connect you to Winserve's publicly available share on the
   Internet. Try some of these other share names, too:
   
\\winserve.001\guest\winhq (The WINHQ Public Share)
\\ftp\data                 (Microsoft's FTP server)
\\winserve95\guest         (Winserve's Experimental Windows 95 shared drive)
\\clyde\infoserver         (EMWACS NT Share)
\\discord\public           (Shared systems site by A. Weintraub)

   If you're trying to find your NetBIOS name for a friend to connect to
   using WINS, the easist way is to go to the Start menu and Run...
   NBTSTAT -N. This will run a DOS window and display your IP address at
   the top of the screen (something like 123.123.12.3) and will list your
   NetBIOS local name table. Your computer name is the first entry in the
   table. Note: You CANNOT run your own computer name. You will get an
   extended error message.
   
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Mapping Remote Drives

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   To make a remote drive appear local to your system, you can map it.
   Select My Computer on the desktop and press the right mouse button.
   Select the Map Network Drive option. You'll receive a dialog box that
   lets you choose which drive letter to assign and a text box for the
   UNC address of the remote resource. If you select the Reconnect at
   logon option, Windows 95 will attempt to re-establish a connection and
   assign the same drive letter to this resource the next time you logon.
   
   Press OK and the connection will be made. The drive is now accessible
   by any DOS or Windows application! To disconnect from the mapped
   drive, simply choose Disconnect Network Drive when you right-click on
   My Computer.
   
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Security Issues

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   Remember, please download the network drivers update program and run
   it. This will prevent possible security risks that have been
   discovered with this type of networking.
   
   Once you've got peer-to-peer connections running, try sharing some of
   your own stuff! You can share a CD-ROM drive, printer, directory,
   entire hard drive... just make sure that you protect your sensitive
   data and only allow full access to people you know and trust!
   
   If you do plan on sharing any of your resources, make sure you
   password protect them according to the resource's importance and your
   security needs. You can share and protect any resource from the
   Sharing... tab of the Properties... dialog box of any printer, drive,
   folder, etc.
   
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