accessing another computer on my home network

sycamorex · 04-14-2007, 11:17 AM

Hi

I have got 2 computers behind a DSL Router.
I am running Debian Etch and would like to access some files from a windows machine.
I know the router's address, 2 machines have static IPs
What next?
When I opened a file browser -> network -> windows network - it seems as if there was no other computer, the screen remains blank.
I have enabled sharing of those particular folders in windows

thanks

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 04-14-2007, 12:13 PM

Do you have Samba installed on the Linux machine?

sycamorex · 04-14-2007, 12:26 PM

thanks for your reply
Yes, I do, however yesterday I switched off samba from the startup list to speed up the boot-up process (using sysv-rc-conf program)

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 04-14-2007, 12:41 PM

Start it up and see if you can access the files via the network.

sycamorex · 04-14-2007, 01:00 PM

Sorted

- thanks

Is there any way to do it the other way round Windows>Linux?

shahz · 04-14-2007, 01:13 PM

Well if you configure the VsFtp server. login from the windows machine and you will can transfer the data here and there.

hope works