setup temporary network with rh9 and winxp

Likosin · 12-20-2003, 10:46 AM

My brother came home for vacation, and we decided that we should connect our computers, as we both have files we want to exchange. He has a windows xp laptop, and I have a rh9 box. We have plenty of ethernet cables, and a switch (with 6 ports, Uplink, and 1-5). Is it possible for me to set up an ftp server on my computer, and have him connect to it? I am on dialup, so i don't know much about networking. Is there any other way for us to transfer files? (I don't have a cd-burner) Thanks.

scm86 · 12-20-2003, 05:07 PM

If you have a network card in each of the machines you an setup a normal network, and run samba on the linux machine, they should then be able to see each other, once its set up goto konquerer and type smb:\\<ipaddress of name of other box>, and your connected. that worked for me on win 98 / RH8, it should be similiar for XP.

someone else will surely have a better answer with better details, but this could help...

Scott McNeely