Finding Windows 95/NT Software on 'Public'

The Microcomputer Services staff recently installed a sizable collection of Windows 95 and NT software on a server named "Public." You'll find the Public icon in the "Uoregon" domain, in the Network Neighborhood, under Windows 95/NT.

Unfortunately, some machines, both off-campus and remote, are unable to view the Uoregon domain and other Windows 95/NT machines in the domain, due to configuration inconsistencies. This is a complex technical issue involving Windows 95/NT and Microsoft Networking that is currently unresolved. If you'd like to learn more about this issue, you can browse the in-depth article published online at http://micro.uoregon.edu/microsoft_networking.html

In the meantime, there are three alternate ways to download software from Public:

1. ftp to public.uoregon.edu; then log in on the server with the username anonymous and password userid@host (replace userid with your userid and host with the name of your system).
2. Open location ftp://public from your Web browser
3. Get a copy of WS-FTP, a package distributed by Microcomputer Services on the Windows 95 Networking Application Installer, or a similar package. This package enables you to view all available folders on Public and browse each one quickly.

The staff is continuing to work on a better solution to accessing Public via the Network Neighborhood. Watch forthcoming issues of Computing News for developments in this arena.