Creating Network Resources
The basic philosophy of peer-to-peer networks is that every file on every disk on the network is available for sharing by all members of the network. By extension, anyone can print to any printer on the network—and also delete any file, wipe out any directory, and erase any disk anywhere on the network.
That kind of peer-to-peer network, where everybody on the LAN is connected to everybody else's disks and printers, is an unmanageable network. If you draw a diagram of the connections in such a network, you'll see a crazy quilt of connections. With more than a few machines on the LAN, you'll be unable to follow all the connections. The worst parts of thoughtlessly connecting everybody to everybody are:
Confusion. Time ...
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