Public (\\MyBookLive) vs. Public (\\10.0.1.27)

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What is the difference between accessing the public folder (or any other folder) on MBL with these 2 conventions using Windows 7?

Public (\MyBookLive) vs. Public (\10.0.1.27)

Benefits? Restrictions? Speed?

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DrBro wrote:

What is the difference between accessing the public folder [via] Public (\MyBookLive) vs. Public (\10.0.1.27)

The only “practical” difference is that the former requires a NetBIOS Name Lookup when first connecting to the drive, the latter doesn’t.  This might allow for a fraction-of-a-second faster connect times.

But after the initial connection and login is completed, there are no differences at all.

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Thanks for clarifying.