Hello,

What do you mean by 'via network cable'? Do you want to connect your Acer to your PC directly using a cable? Or do you connect both computers using a cable to a switch?

Kind regards,

Eric

You can transfer files from linux to windows setting up samba.
If you want to transfer files from windows to linux ,probably you don't need to set-up samba for this.

If you want to connect both directly using a LAN cable you'll need a crossed one and not a straight one. Furthermore you'll have to configure both your NICs to use static IP and no gateway.

Don't you have access to a switch?

Kind regards,

Eric

Hey you will need the following:

1. a cross over cable
2. setup networking between both machines, in windows goto network connection properties and then set the ip to 192.168.3.1 , netmask to 255.255.255.0. In linux edit/create the file for assigning new ip vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:1 (this may differ based on your distro) and add the following:

IPADDR=192.168.3.2
NETMASK=255.255.255.0


do :x to save the file and then do ifup eth0:1

try to ping one machine from another, you might need to stop iptables on linux and windows firewall on windows.

3. then install samba on linux, yum install samba, yum install samba-client.

4. edit the samba conf file: vi /etc/samba/smb.conf . (just scroll down to the bottom and its self explanatory)

5. add a user to samba --> smbpasswd -a username

6. restart samba

7. goto windows start ---> run --> //ip of linux machine

8. ether samba user and password

and copy your files.

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another solution if you are copying your files from windows to linux.

install winscp on your windows machine (its free) and then just use your normal ssh user and password to copy files accross.

bye