Sending message over the network

The fascinating thing about being in a network is the shared resources. One can easily access the resources of remote computer if it has permission for its access. Another important feature that I’ve realized is communication. The workstations in a network can communicate with each other. Better the communication better will be the result. Chat applications, video conferencing, net meeting are all the means by which workstations in remote place can communicate with each other. Other way that I just knew about is the ‘Messenger’ service of the Windows. It enables one to transmit net send and Alerter services messages between clients and serves. For this, first you have to start this service. Then in the command prompt type ‘net send computername message’ and enter. The message will be send to that computername. If you want to send the same message to all the clients of the workgroup the instead of ‘computername’ type ‘*’. I think it’s the easiest way of sending message over the network and I frequently use it in my college to send jokes to my friends when we are in the lab.