Re: Wireless Samba networking - newbie

Thanks Dan. It is just mine and hers. There is a HOWTO, and a book was
published a couple of years ago. Mandriva has a graphical wizard in
Control Center that I use to configure the "network" between my computer
and the ADSL modem. I am aware that I would need a second NIC for a cable
network, and I assume that a wireless card would take the place of the NIC.

Doug.

Dan N wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:25:01 +1100, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
>
> It's not hard to set up a simple network. If you only have a few
> computers, then you can configure them all with fixed ip addresses in a
> private range (192.168.0.x will do). To fix the ip address on a Debian
> box, edit /etc/networks/interfaces. I don't know what it is for Mandriva,
> it will be something similar. To fix the ip address in Windows, right
> click on My Network Places and select properties. Then chose the network
> connection, and again select properties.
>
>
> Dan
>
>
>> I am a fairly experienced Win98 and Linux operator, but have never set up
>> a network. The first time any networking knowledge came in handy was a
>> few years back, when I was trying to help my wife fix her POS, and the
>> shop girl had inadequate permissions. My machine is mostly Mandriva
>> 2006.
>>
>> My wife wants to buy a laptop with Windows XP and network it to mine.
>> Pretty well all laptops on sale have wireless networking installed, and
>> there is no convenient way to install cables.
>>
>> It is probably a hard question to answer, but is this something I could
>> set up myself, or should I call in a professional? They all seem to talk
>> Windows, anyway.
>>
>> Doug.

.

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