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LawyerRon · 10-16-2002, 11:45 PM

glc is correct, you do not have to use Netbeui for file sharing if you check both binding boxes in TCP/IP properties, ie MS Client and File and Print sharing. However, I've read that checking file and print sharing under TCP/IP properties makes your files more vulnerable to the outside. I've read (quite a while back) you should NEVER check file and print sharing under TCP/IP properties and I've also read it's no big deal any more. Maybe the security risk is not there anymore with the use of routers as firewalls but that's why I run Netbeui for file sharing and it's always worked fine in the past.

10-16-2002, 11:45 PM	#6
LawyerRon The Gavel Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Upland, CA Posts: 6,311	glc is correct, you do not have to use Netbeui for file sharing if you check both binding boxes in TCP/IP properties, ie MS Client and File and Print sharing. However, I've read that checking file and print sharing under TCP/IP properties makes your files more vulnerable to the outside. I've read (quite a while back) you should NEVER check file and print sharing under TCP/IP properties and I've also read it's no big deal any more. Maybe the security risk is not there anymore with the use of routers as firewalls but that's why I run Netbeui for file sharing and it's always worked fine in the past. __________________ "To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves"