Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jun 1999 12:38:33 +0100 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: ppp not forwarding broadcast packets? |
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Hi David.
>>> I get your point. Still, it's inconvenient when you don't have >>> an ethernet card for your laptop and you want to SMB-mount that >>> share full of MP3s to load up before you hit the road.
>> That is why Windows 9x has LMHOSTS, and other facilities that >> solve this. Just typing in the IP of the host might even work if >> they've been clueful
> Typing in the FQDN works too. I mounted that way > \\sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk\public I actually used the name > \\sn.doc.ic.ac.uk\public , because of some stupid name-length > limit in Win95 , but that may be fixed by now.
SunSITE fixed that a while back, and I've been using the fix for months...
sunsite.uk.org:/public
Best wishes from Riley.
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