LAN Network Setup

Can a company LAN be setup using Win Xp Pro for the server and workstations
running Win XP Home Edition, or is it necessary to have XP Pro on the
workstations as well?

XP Pro or Home can be set up as peer-to-peer. For client/server you will
need Win NT/2000/2003

Carey

"IT Guy" IT wrote in message
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Can a company LAN be setup using Win Xp Pro for the server and
workstations
running Win XP Home Edition, or is it necessary to have XP Pro on the
workstations as well?

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 21:25:01 -0800, IT Guy IT
wrote:

Can a company LAN be setup using Win Xp Pro for the server and workstations
running Win XP Home Edition, or is it necessary to have XP Pro on the
workstations as well?

This depends greatly on your definition of "company LAN".

You can setup a LAN with any version of Windows. You will have limited
abilities with the more casual versions (Windows XP Home, Windows ME, etc).

Windows XP Home / Pro have differing limits in the number of simultaneous
connections allowed, and in client functionality.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314882
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...n/compare.mspx

Windows 9x/ME is limited in functionality, and cannot handle memory resources as
well as Windows NT/2K/ZP.

With all those limitations aside, you can have a home or business LAN using any
version of Windows. Any version will function as a client, or a server (though
some better than others).

Does "company LAN" involve a domain infrastructure? If so, you will indeed need
Windows XP Pro clients, and Windows NT/2K/K3 servers. If, however, you want to
setup a workgroup infrastructure, with casual relationships, any version of
Windows can be used, for either the client or server.

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Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.