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

[jim Lagnese]

I didn't know macs were annoying. :)

> From: Matt W <maccelerate@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: dmmug@dmmug.org
> Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 22:47:03 -0500
> To: dmmug@dmmug.org
> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] Home Networking Annoyances Needed for New Book
> 
> 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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