  The resistance between two nodes in general position on a fan network with n
radial lines and m transverse lines is determined. Also a similar result of
Izmailian, Kenna and Wu [7] for an $m\times n$ cobweb network is reproduced but
the method used here is significantly different. It avoids the use of the
Kirchhoff matrix, requires the solution of just one instead of two eigenvalue
problems and results directly in only a single summation. Further the current
distribution is given explicitly as a biproduct of the method. The method is
the same as that used by Tan, Zhou and Yang [10] to find the cobweb resistance
between center and perimeter for $1\le m\le3$ and general $n$. Proof of their
conjecture for general $m$ is discussed.

Statistical Mechanics