Re: linux box on XP home network
From: kellnerp (consult_at_engtran.com)
Date: 09/23/04
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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 03:55:52 GMT
SAMBA
Read the docs and then install the package(s) you need.
My network is very similar to what you are doing and it works quite well.
the black rose wrote:
> Please be patient with me; it's been 10 years since I played with Linux
> and I've forgotten a LOT. Not to mention, the last time I played with
> Linux I had one computer on a dial-up, not 4 computers on a home LAN.
>
> The situation. I have a cable modem. Attached to the cable modem is a
> four-port router. Attached to the router are 3 desktops running Windows
> XP and one laptop running Mandrake 10. I just installed Mandrake on the
> laptop last night. (FWIW, it's a Dell Inspiron 8100 with a built-in
> ethernet card.)
>
> The laptop can reach the internet. I can browse the web. But I can't
> find the other computers on the home network (which means I can't reach
> the shared printer on one of the XP boxes). I can't find any reference
> to the XP workgroup anywhere, but maybe I'm not looking in the right
> place.
>
> Using KDE desktop, which utility do I use to try to find the network?
> Do I assume correctly that I'm going to have to tell it the workgroup
> name and all that? I can't even find where to do that.
>
> Would it be better if I wiped everything and started over with another
> distribution, if there's one better for a mixed home network?
>
> I have other issues with the touchpad and X -- would someone please
> point me to the proper group to ask about those? I can take a stab and
> guess, but I'm frankly afraid to ask the wrong question on the wrong
> newsgroup.
>
> Any information greatly appreciated. Email addy works as-is if that is
> more convenient.
>
> -km
>
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