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   Mr. Man-wai Chang to Paul   
   Re: Finding names of computers in networ   
   25 Sep 24 18:58:19   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: toylet.toylet@gmail.com   
      
   On 25/9/2024 8:42 am, Paul wrote:   
   > It is easier to just write the names on a slip   
   > of paper and tape the paper to the side of the monitor   
   > for future reference.   
   >   
   > Let's see, there is "Sleepy", "Dopey", "Bashful"...   
   >   
   > I can see why the machine does not want to connect to them.   
      
      
   It's called network browser, possibly related to the old NETBIOS over   
   TCP/IP.   
      
   The problem complicates when you wanna do the same in Linux using Samba   
   or the kernel-mode Samba. The complication also applies to iOS, Android   
   and MacOS. :)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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