Using Samba on all my machines
 

Hi!

I have a notebook running XP and a P1 running win98 and RedHat Linux 9. I have a crosscable and have been trying to connect the two boxes for quite some time now but just could'nt find no guide on that.

I was thinking can I use Samba on all the boxes. That way the interface will similar on all machines and I wont have to worry about the settings for different OSs.

What is your opinion?

samba is your best bet there, because the protocol is supported by both windows and linux.

You can also set up an FTP daemon to transfer files, but samba would be more seamless.

As for connecting the two pc's with a crossover cable, you'll have to set static ips for both on the same local subnet, like
pc1: 192.168.1.1
pc2: 192.168.1.2

subnet for both machines: 255.255.255.0

with those basic settings, the two should be able to see one another. You can check this by typing ping 192.168.1.3 from pc1.