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by dzone

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I'm interested in designing and implementing a peer to peer file service at home. Could anyone recommend resources I can use for my research? Can anyone recommend what I need to get started?

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by dzone

I'm not a novice user. I'm want to bascially set up a either a Web server or a file sharing service similar to old Napster.

by ccsbz

1) two NIC
2) one crossover cat5 cable.
3) name of workstation.
4) same workgroup.
5) static IP for your workstation. eg 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2
6) add NetBEUI protocol.
7) add File and printer sharing.
8) If NT,2000,XP add same user to both workstations.

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