I think of it like this, using TCP=domain (it bee's da MAIN protacol) Winders
and netbios/samba ain't for a whole DOMAIN, just for a workgroup. so, to use
winders peer to peer, set workgroup. to use a OS that is ready for the whole
Domain, you need to have your domian name set (the default is something like
localhost (for the computer name) and localdomain (for the domain) you should
have both a domain name and a workgroup name (they can be the same name but
don't have to be) as well as a computer name, and a user name.
On Sunday 05 August 2001 13:40, tazmun wrote:
> Hi
>
> Trying to figure out the networking for my 2 computers at home. Both have
> WIN 2000NT and dual boot linux, 1 with Mandrake 8.0 and one with Redhat
> 7.1. On the windows networking I never setup domains, but rather only a
> workgroup. Is this a windows proprietary thing? And thus do I need to
> change my windows boxs to a domain name and get rid of the workgroup? On
> the networking settings in Linux I see no provisions for workgroups at all
> here? If so, what will be different then I'm used to with just workgroups?
>
> Thanks ahead of time
>
> Tazmun :-)
