It depends. There are many different file sharing protocols, both local-only and routed. Many use DNS for name resolution, others can use mDNS (an announced protocol not dependent on a DNS server).

File Server: RYOKO<BR><BR>P3 500MHz/320MB RAM<BR>Win2K Server<BR><BR>-210GB storage array - for mp3's, movies, anime and the usual stuff.<BR>-Encrypted documents share - my workstation & laptop have ...

WAFS works by reducing the “chattiness” of Microsoft’s CIFS and the Unix/Linux NFS protocols. It also works by decreasing the latency of WAN communications by eliminating much of the round-trip ...

(1) An earlier network operating system from IBM that ran as a server application under OS/2 and supported DOS, Windows and OS/2 clients. Originally based on LAN Manager when OS/2 was jointly ...