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A Windows 95 folder lists computers, printers and other resources connected to your local-area network (LAN). By default, a Network Neighborhood icon appears on your desktop, and the folder is also accessible from within the Windows 95 Explorer. The Network Neighborhood is designed to replace the drive mapping in older systems, which associates a letter with each shared disk drive. Many programs, however, still require drive mapping.
The Network Neighborhood can serve the purpose only if the computer is connected to a LAN, except that it is required to link two computers using Windows 95's Direct Cable Connection feature.
Under Windows 9x and Windows NT 4.0 (and above), the Network Neighborhood icon is available on the desktop to assist in the browsing of Windows Network resources. While useful on the local network, this tool is of limited use in browsing the wide area Windows Network, and it is non-functional over PPP. However, equivalent tools exist which work over wide-area protocols such as TCP/IP.
