domain or workgroup

What is the difference between a domain and a workgroup?

Marty

Marty wrote:

> What is the difference between a domain and a workgroup?

Very generally, a domain is created when you have a server (running a
real server operating system) and workstations that are members of that
domain. Some advantages of a domain are centralized workstation
management, including permissions and rights, maintenance, backup, and
applications that run from the server. In a business, if you have 8-10
machines you should be looking at running a server and creating a
domain.

A workgroup is a cosmetic/organizational device for computers on a
peer-to-peer network. There is no server.

If you would like more information, please post back with a more focused
question about what you are trying to do and what this has to do with
wireless networking, since you posted in the wireless networking
newsgroup.

Malke
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Malke

> What is the difference between a domain and a workgroup?

Some important differences are...

A domain allows centralized management (of user accounts, for example).

A domain requires a server operating system (~$1000US retail for Windows
2003 Server).

-Frank

Frankster