Hi!! I want to setup a lan with fedora and xp. Any (detailed) suggestions?
I dont know how to setup the samba server.
Thx!!!

You will need some hardware. One lan card per machine and a hub or a router. You can directly connect two machines only with a cross over cable.

Once you have the hardware, Samba is the answer. You will have to spend some time reading. This is the best link I have found. It covers the windoze end and the samba configuration. Sorry, there are no short answer here.

http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/using_samba/toc.html

Also look in the Linux Wiki section on this forum for some very good assistance.

ok! thx! I will read it and try it.

Depending on your distribution, configuring samba may be a piece of cake.

In Fedora Core 2, you can configure samba with Fedora's tools (can't remember the tool's name right now, though). File browsing isn't as straightforward as in Windowses, but there is software to ease that also.

Ive tried to configure the samba server and the samba client in fedora core. But when i connect the 2 computers they dont communicate between them....im sure its something i do wrong but dont know exactly what it is....
thats why i need ur help...eheheh

Have a look at chapter 12 in the document I posted. It has detailed information on how to test and resolve network problems related to Samba.

Other software to consider. I installed LinNeighbourhood, it provides a GUI, almost windoze like so you can "see" the other boxes in your network.

I did ny initial configuration through Webmin. It will allow you to configure a lot of linux components through a web browser, either locally or remotley.

Swat is very useful if you use passwords. I do recommend you do, even if the network is contained within your own home. Hope this helps.

Thx a lot. i will try it!! I had some experience with linneighbourhood, and couldnt do still...i wanted to avoid to read the short samba manual...but theres no escape...ehehheh
I will follow ur suggestions also!
bye!