What is a Peer-to-Peer Network? |
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Peer-to-peer networks don't have a dedicated file server. Instead they consist of a number of computers interconnected in some fashion. Resources can be shared between computers. For example, the printer connected to one computer can be shared by the other computers.
On this type of network you nominate one of your workstations to act as the PhonePad "Host" computer (we will refer to this as a Host PC). It will host the PhonePad database (which is where your PhonePad messages are stored) that the other workstations will connect to, either via a network share or TCP/IP. PhonePad is physically installed on each workstation. The workstation can continued to be used as a normal workstation if desired as the user will be able to access PhonePad in the same way users access it on the workstations.
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