[DM-MUG] Home Networking Annoyances Needed for New Book

[Matt W]

It doesn't sound restricted to Mac problems. Will there be a much 
smaller, better designed, and less annoying Mac chapter?

Matthew

On May 7, 2004, at 6:00 PM, Bryan Baker wrote:

> I just want to mention that I re-directed that message to the list.
> O'Reilly has been amazing to us in the short time we've been 
> associated so far, and I think it's a great opportunity to be able to 
> contribute to another title. Please, no one should flame her for 
> posting this - if you want to complain, send it to me.
>
> On May 7, 2004, at 5:39 PM, Marsee Henon wrote:
>
>> Dear User Group Leader:
>>
>> Once again, I must say thanks for the great response to our previous
>> calls for annoyances, gripes, and complaints about Excel, and the 
>> Internet,
>> and other topics. The email we received was useful and gave our
>> Annoyances books a great head start.
>>
>> As you might guess, we have yet another book in the wings--this one
>> focusing on home networking annoyances. Everything from cabling 
>> hassles to
>> setting up a router to wireless access points to fussing with TCP/IP
>> settings to installing a shared printer. Whether you've set up a wired
>> (Ethernet, phoneline, or powerline) or wireless (802.11a, b, or g)
>> network, merely shared a DSL line, or networked a bunch of PCs and 
>> Macs,
>> feel free to share the annoyances you've encountered along the way.
>>
>> If you or any members of your group have home networking annoyances
>> you'd like to see solved, email marsee@oreilly.com with "Home 
>> Networking
>> Annoyances" in the subject line. Please note what hardware, software,
>> and/or service is giving you grief (e.g.: a LinkSys Cable/DSL Router 
>> with
>> 4-Port Switch, SMC's EtherPower II network cards, SBC DSL, Windows XP,
>> etc.).
>>
>> As thanks for sharing, we'll make sure to get copies of "Home 
>> Networking
>> Annoyances" sent to your group shortly after publication.
>>
>>
>> --Marsee
>>
>>
>>
>> ***
>>
>> An example:
>>
>> The Annoyance:
>> I added a new computer to my network, but it doesn't appear in My 
>> Network
>> Places or Network Neighborhood on any of the other computers. The 
>> Windows
>> help files tell you to reboot all the other computers on the network 
>> in
>> order to see the new computer, but there's got to be a better way!
>>
>> The Fix:
>> There is. Assuming your hardware connections are working, and you've
>> created at least one shared resource on the new computer, you don't 
>> have
>> to reboot the rest of the network to see the new computer.
>>
>> Wait twelve minutes. Honest. Could I make that up? Get a cup of 
>> coffee,
>> empty the dishwasher, or change all the burned out light bulbs in the
>> house. Then open the network folder again, or press F5 to refresh the
>> display if you didn't close the folder. You should now see the new
>> computer.
>>
>> Why does this happen? The icons in the network folders (My Network 
>> Places
>> and Network Neighborhood) are controlled by a service called the 
>> Computer
>> Browser Service, which browses the network, peers down the pipes
>> (including the virtual pipes of wireless connections), and checks to 
>> see
>> who's on board. In a peer-to-peer network, the computers elect one of
>> their own as a browser master using a complicated scheme that 
>> involves a
>> private conversation among the computers (held secretly so you aren't
>> aware of it and can't control or interfere with it). The browser 
>> master
>> runs the browser service every twelve minutes, and populates the 
>> network
>> folders of all computers on the network with icons representing the
>> computers it finds.
>>
>> ***
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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