On Monday, November 11, 2002, at 06:57 AM, Morgan Nicol wrote:
>
>>> How many years of education and experience should be required to
>>> network two computers?
>>
>> Not very much, my girlfriend can just plug her laptop into the hub
>> here and XP sets everything up for her instantly. So exactly what is
>> your point?
>>
>
> Really? gee her version must be different than the ones I set up for a
> living every day.
> Where did she get it?
>
Actually, I hate to defend windows..... but if you are using a modern
router for sharing a broadband connection, windows XP does default to
DHCP, so it might actually work....
Marty
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