Ethernet Networking- P8:One of the biggest problems when discussing networking is knowing where to start. The subject of computer networks is one of those areas for which you have to "know everything to do anything." Usually, the easiest way to ease into the topic is to begin with some basic networking terminology and then look at exactly what it means when we use the word Ethernet. | 198 Network Maintenance Monitoring and Control Figure 9-21 Opening a new TCP IP connection from a Windows PC Figure 9-22 Opening a new TCP IP connection from a Macintosh Note If a Macintosh has multiple monitors then Timbuktu Pro shows only the start-up monitor that is the one containing the menu bar. Remote Control 199 Figure 9-23 Opening a new AppleTalk connection Figure 9-24 A Macintosh screen in a Timbuktu Pro window on a Windows PC 200 Network Maintenance Monitoring and Control Figure 9-25 A Windows 95 screen in a Timbuktu Pro window on a Macintosh File Exchange Timbuktu supports two types of file exchange which it calls sending files and exchanging files. Sending a file transfers it to a single drop folder on the remote computer. Exchanging files gives the remote user complete control over where transferred files are placed as in Figure 9-26. The interface for exchanging files from a Windows machine is identical to the Macintosh interface. Messaging Timbuktu Pro provides two ways to exchange real-time messages. The first is through a relatively standard chat room interface such as that in Figure 9-27. A user can add himself or herself to a chat session or a user can add a remote computer to a chat session assuming that the remote user has the access rights to do so
