Re: networking


"Joe O" <JOsterheim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have Scientific Linux, based on Red Hat Enterprise. I don't see any
support groups, so here I am...

I'm having trouble figuring out how to set up home networking. I can ping
my windows machine from the Linux box and can ping the Linux box from
Windows. Under Applications, network servers in Linux it shows Windows
Network. Under File in the network window if I try to Open, I get a bland
screen and if I try to browse folder I get smb:/// and that's all. I have
a home network set up and working with all other computers: Two other
Windows machines and three Linux boxes, two of which are running Ubuntu
and one running SUSE and they all work fine with both file sharing and
print sharing. I can't see the Scientific Linux box from any other system
in the house.

From the Scientific box I access the Internet - as I do with all other
computers - through a cable modem, router and hub.

You will need to enable and configure Samba on the linux box to be able to
get windows to access your linux share directories.
( hence you get the smb:// prefix on the windows box)
You will also need to enable and coiffure NFS on the linux box to be able to
get all the other linux boxes to have access to your linux share
directories.

Setting up a home network with 6 machines can get a bit involved , you would
be better setting up one of the linux boxes as a DNS server and gateway to
your cable modem.

There is quite a lot of documentation about setting up linux /windows
networks , here is just one page

Linux Documentation Project HOWTOs
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html

Here is a google linux search engine
http://www.google.com/linux

LinuxQuestions forum
http://www.linuxquestions.org/



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