2007-02-06 20:58:56 · 14 answers · asked by kaytee 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
No...but the more homogenized your network is, the less issues you'll have with getting things to work properly. The biggest hassle you'll run into is getting everything to work with a single printer. While getting PCs and Macs to play nice with each other isn't a huge issue, getting one to successfully print using a printer that's tied to a single computer that runs a non-compatible OS is a big hairy deal. Things are much simpler if you're just dealing with different flavors of the same OS, but there are still even problems with getting multiple Windows versions to share a printer, and each version of an OS might have slightly different features in relation to how they interact with networks.
2007-02-06 21:59:53 · answer #1 · answered by the_amazing_purple_dave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not a must , that all the PC on the Home Network , Different PC can have different OS, But one this to keep in mind that all the PC should in the same Work Group
2007-02-07 05:04:21 · answer #2 · answered by Madhu 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They do not need to run the same OS but they must use the same networking protocol. Foe example if one is using Ethernet, then and old Amstrad using the old Amstrad networking system will not connect, or an IBM 3270 machine either. But any OS supporting Ethernet will be OK.
2007-02-07 05:29:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No... You can mix and match all types of OS. Unix I386(windows) MVS, Mac, can all network together. Its not the OS that dictates this. If you are using TCP/IP on all system they will talk to each other.
Sharing resources is another matter, for unix for example you need something like samba, which you can use to share folders printers etc.
If you set up an FTP site on one machine all machines will be able to access the data.
You need to do some research on networking.
2007-02-07 06:24:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I've run one on xp pro and another on home version. If they are being networked as a workgroup (no domain name) they must all have the same workgroup name. If they are joining a domain then all you have to do is enter them into the domain.
(although xp home version may not have that functionality.)
2007-02-07 05:01:59 · answer #5 · answered by tw0cl0n3m3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I have a LAN and I have 98, Me, Solaris, XP, Mac OS 9.2, and Linux. They all exsist very nicely together.
2007-02-07 05:01:53 · answer #6 · answered by acklan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would guess so but I'm no computer genious. Your network will run off of the base computer with its software that allows it to do that, so I'm assuming the other ones have to talk to it to allow them to do their online thing,,,,,,once again, I'm not an expert, it just seems logical, not to say computers are not logical, lol.
2007-02-07 05:03:50 · answer #7 · answered by kaliroadrager 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Misnomer!
2007-02-07 05:02:02 · answer #8 · answered by dillydally 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, It helps if they are all running the same protocol though :-)
2007-02-07 07:15:03 · answer #9 · answered by id36uk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they don't its so much easier if they do run on the same TCP/IP its easier to transmit data from one p.c to other
2007-02-07 12:56:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋