Reply to post: Re: Possibly helpful on a local network by why on earth with the broader internet?

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Re: Possibly helpful on a local network by why on earth with the broader internet?

But what is a "local network"?

I presume that it is any system with the same broadcast address.

Now, when I'm at home I trust these.

But when I'm attached to a free Wifi spot in a coffee shop - I don't.

BHowever, MS doesn't let me distinguish these (not sure how it could).]

Much the same as it not letting me set an Ethernet connexion (which I only get when I'm running via my 'phone's data allowance) as a chargeable connexion. It works for the MS developers in the MS developers' environment, so it must apply globally.

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