Hey everyone,

I am very new to linux, and networking, but not computers in general.

I ultimately (as of now) want to create a file/print sharing network between 2 computers each running only Ubuntu 8.04. Could anyone provide a link to some basic documentation on both the physical and software setup on how to do this?

To give you some information on how things are currently setup (NOT using wireless):

Computer 1 (which I want to be the "main computer or server, I guess)
Computer 2 (client computer)

I have a cable line for internet coming from the wall, it enters the cable modem, which has CAT6 running to my NETGEAR wireless router. The router I suppose is acting as a switch with 1 CAT6 cable running to each of computers 1 and 2. Computer 1 is using eth 1 to connect to the internet (which is working) and Computer 2 is using eth 0 to connect to the internet (which is also working). How can I make each computer "see" and recognize the other's existence so that I can set up my file sharing network between the two?

Thank you so much,

Steve

Since both machines are using Ubuntu, the easy way to set up file sharing is with NFS. ( Network File System ). See this tutorial --> http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...rking/Easy_NFS

For printing, install Cups on both machines. Install the printer on the system of choice. Make it work locally. On the client machine add a printer as a network printer. Cups is configured through any web browser. Open the browser, and type http://localhost:631 once cups is running. To add a printer you must be root.

You should be able to find all the packages using the package manager in Ubuntu.