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Lan Messenger

4 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/lan-messenger.13596/

rajeshjsl
rajeshjsl Original post #1
Aug 4, 2005 at 4:34 PM
in my school

there are 14 computers conencted in lan but not interent

if i wanna chat with my friend who is on another computer how can we ?

the os on all computers is win 98

thansk
siriusb
siriusb #2
Aug 4, 2005 at 4:55 PM
Code:
net send <ipaddress or user or machine> "message"

If u don;t know the target machine's ip, u can use the user name which can be found by
Code:
Code:
net view
or
net users

You can broadcast a message by doing:
Code:
Code:
net send * "Anybody want a pizza?"
A
akshar #3
Aug 4, 2005 at 7:22 PM
Do you know VB?
Try winsock programming it is much better than net utility
QwertyManiac
Aug 4, 2005 at 7:25 PM
use sirius's trick and make the admins of the lab jump on thier toes ( u can copy in an exam, cant u ? so use this...)