Thanks for the info. There seems to be no end to the information available on the Internet. Networking as a subject is a pretty good illustration of the problem of information overload. Finding the right information is only easy when you already know the right answer! John Ferrell http://DixieNC.US ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Pobursky" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 8:33 PM Subject: Re: [OT]:Network question... > On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 18:57:53 -0500, John Ferrell wrote: > > This one wins the prize! > > I hope I was not the only one that learned something here. I thought when it > > said "automatically detect" that would establish the linkages. winipcfg > > saved the day, since it is not in the XP PRO machine, I hope I don't ever > > need it over there. > > Windows 2000 and WinXP have a command line utility called "ipconfig" > that does what winipcfg does, and more. Just open a DOS window and type > ipconfig at the prompt. Entering "ipconfig ?" will get you all the > optional command line parameters. Very handy and I use it all the time > here. > > Matt Pobursky > Maximum Performance Systems > (Who still likes and uses command line stuff, even in windows... ;-)) > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.