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OK, I know that I could have done a search, but to be honest, i looked at the first 3 pages and found no answere to my question.
I use a Realtek 8139 to network to two Windows XP machines.
I have the following protocals/services installed:
TCP/IP
NetBIOS
IPX/SPX
I am just wondering how I can set up my Network so it will run under Mandake
Internet works allready so that is no hassle, it is now just getting files off the server (if you need to know, the computername is "svr" and the internal IP is 192.168.0.1)
Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems you want to share files among your linux and windows systems? If that is the case, you want to setup Samba on your linux box. Samba allows non-windows systems (basically *nix) to communicate with Windows systems. Here is a link to Samba documentation that can get you started.
No problem. Samba is what you want. You should be able to use a basic setup without too much difficulty. The Using Samba and HowTo Collection links will be very helpful.
I know that this may be a little ummm., difficault, but could you please give me a sample quick and easy setup guide or do you recomend reading the manuels.
Read "man smb.conf" and edit this file (most probably located in /etc/samba dir).
Then start samba by "/etc/init.d/samba start" (will work most probably).
It is pretty easy to setup simple shares with no security (usable for home environment, with "security = share" policy).
Easier way to edit smb.conf is through SWAT web-based management tool, but not every distribution has it installed...
So much for the server (sharing your Mandrake files with WinXP).
As for the reverse:
Samba client should be running already (most probably again). Can check this in Mandrake Control Center.
If it is runing correctly, you can enter the following command in Konqueror (or any other file manager):
smb://(name or IP address of the XP machine)/(name of the share)
Or enter the smbmount command (read man smbmount) and mount WinXP shares to local mandrake dir.
Expect your XPs are already set up for file sharing??? If not, this won't work!!!
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