Hi.

First things first. I am a noob so please be patient.

I have Mandrake 9.1 running with a dual boot (XP) on my machine. This machine is connected to a Linksys 4 port hub/router. My brother's machine, which is also connected to the hub is running just XP on it. The hub/router is connected to a cable modem. The internet connection is working just fine.

My question is that if i wanted to see the files in the shared folders on my brother's machine while in linux, would Samba be the right program to use. If so, how would i install and configure it. If not then what would I use for the procedure?

Network setup:

Gateway 192.168.1.1
My IP 192.168.1.102
Bro's IP 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Thank you in advance.

-Reef

To only view shares you don't need to set up Samba, never having used mandrake there is a good chance though if you type into your file browser address bar

smb:

or similiar give or take a forward slash / you will be able to see them, you really only need the samba client part of samba which was probably installed when you setup

all answers are in here.

http://handsonhowto.com/smb101.html