Sharing internet & file system between Windows98 & Redhat9
 

Hi guru,

I'm overloaded by various information specific to each individual's needs. Here is my problem -- I have Windows98 connected to Internet through dynalink ADSL (for windows). I also have a standalone linux redhat9 workstation on the other machine. What I want to achieve:
1. to connect Redhat9 to Windows98 so that Redhat9 can share Internet traffic.
2. to allow Redhat9 sharing Windows98 file system so that Redhat9 can access/copy file from Windows98.

My questions are:
1. Is it possible to achieve these by using existing hardware?
2. I need the detailed information on how to do it since I'm not familiar with such networking.


Thank you very much
Chris

Your first bet would be to get samba for the filesharing part.
www.samba.org

Side note- I have had some trouble myself getting the full access to the other machines that I wanted, but I am still trying.
Here's a tut I just found: http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/samba.html

As for the second part, I think it would be better to have RH share to the windows box since Win98 can't do it without extra crap.

More info needed on hardware configuration
 

Thank your for your reply.

I have more quesions on hardware configuration. My current two computers configurations are:
1. One is P4P800Deluxe with on board 3Com 3C940 Gbit PCI LAN controller. Linux redhat9 on it.
2. Second one is GA586TX without a network card. Window98 on it. However, It's connected to ISP by using dynalink (bridged) ADSL modem (for windows) with a static IP.
My goals were posted before: 1. sharing Internet traffic between the computers. 2. sharing file system between them (Bascially, Linux is to access Windows98 file system).
To achieve these, what hardware should I add with cost-effectiveness. Should I replace the bridged ADSL modem with a router modem? Should I add another NIC into GA586TX machine? or, should I use cross-cable as mentioned in many posts? It seems to me that there are a quite few of hardware configurations available as I learned from various posts. However, I like to know what kind of configuration is best to me in terms of cost-effectiveness. Could anyone draw a clear picture to me since I don't have expertise in the field?

Thank you in advance