Some of my first connections into networking were working on a peer to peer /Client-Server network using a product called Artisoft Lantastic in the early 1990's.  We connected the computers together using 10base2 coaxial connectors, a bus topology , and if you happened to forget to terminate the connection, no network traffic would be seen. Additionally, the printer was not network enabled, so we learned how to create a serial connection to allow the DOS based programs to print to the server. The server sent the job to the printer.  It was impressive to see many sheets of tax returns "flying" out of the laser printer at about 6 pages per minute (I think). When we moved to an advanced Lantastic, I discovered the Novell Netware version 2 or 3 running in the background; had NO idea how to even start in the Netware part of the installation.  Thank goodness the text base menu was manageable for a newbie.   30 + years later, I have been in small to medium business stand alone, networked, and inter-networked systems.  I still remember the satisfaction in getting 10 workstations to talk to that server, and the 30k price tag to make it work for that customer.   Regards, Paul   ... View more