create a home Network Laptop Linux and an Windows PC
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create a home Network Laptop Linux and an Windows PC
Hello everyone
i am very satisfied with this new LINUX world.
But i have one small problem that this comunity certainly can give me a solution.
i need to create a home network in order to use printers and disk space between my laptop and my daughter PC.
This network will work between my laptop with Linux (fedora Core 3) and my daughter Windows XP Pc.
I have a router with firewall where both Pc are connected to the internet and i have a cable modem connected to that router (DHCP conection). There is also a gateway Ip to the Internet
Is it possible to make such a network?
if so, how can i make it?
maybe those are few parameters for anyone can help me. if someone needs extra details to help me, please just let me know.
ok, first of all- how much do you know about networking (ie, "it's my job", "set up many networks before", "have done windows networking", "at least one network" or "never done it before")?
is this network actually set up?
ummm.... when the laptop and the desktop are plugged into the router, can you ping the other computer from each other? Do the computers have IP addresses? (192.168.etc.etc)
oooh- check out this link http://www.pcguidebook.com/homenetwork.asp it has a nice picture- you don't need wireless to connect to your laptop. it is just a nice option.
Any network is possible
titanium_geek
Last edited by titanium_geek; 06-18-2005 at 11:10 AM.
Hmm... perhaps we should stick with english so future users can find the answer in this thread.
ok, try setting up static IP's for the computers- 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3 . Are the computers actually physically connected when they are going through the router? if not, then you may need to buy a hub.
Do you know howto configure the linux box? (networking wise)
Titanium, i think with this schema you will understand the all scene:
LAPTOP (LINUX and XP) PC (XP)
ROUTER
INTERNET
FIREWALL
LAPTOP has a Printer (HP7660) to be shared by PC and the PC has a Printer (EPSON C62) also to be shared as well the disc .
When we go to the Internet we go by the router whose IP is 192.168.0.1 and by DHCP
I have a cable Modem that is conected to the router so we can enter in Internet
What i really want is :
1 - Put those computers(LAPTOP and PC) in the same network (Linux or the XP on the LAPTOP can see the Windows XP PC and vice-versa)
2 - Share the 2 printers and the disc of the PC
3 - Keep the Router with the firewall as it is . Every package is routed by it. by the way is a D-LINK DI-604. Now i am accessing the internet and the mail by DHCP.
4 - Both computers are conected now to the router.
So..
I just want to see the other computer and use the printer or store data on its disc on this 1st step. Maybe i will try another tasks in the near future after everything is going Ok.
i read an article of someone that is puting both computers in the same network using a crossover cable.
Thais is not my idea...
my thought was for you to test your network at the simplest level- to make sure that that is working. (using a crossover cable, but that is not for the final network, just for testing)
we need to narrow down where the problem is before we can fix it.
The easiest way to network linux and windows PCs is to use Samba. This allows you to 'browse' your network via 'Network Neighbourhood' and share printers/files easily. There is plenty of good documentation available from the Samba website www.samba.org.
My laptop work in my office where there is a network with a Server (Windows Nt) and at home where i have a DHCP-router (DLINK DI-604) . the network will be done between my daughter's PC (Windows XP) and my laptop. we both share the internet connection that arrives to the router trough a cable modem.
i want to print tasks on her printer and share its disc and she can share my printer (my 40 Gb disc is partionated with Fedora Core 3 and Windows XP, so i don't have so much space as i want it to.
i am trying several ways like i used to do on WIndows, but for some reason i can't get the network but i can go to the Internet. Both computers are connected to the router.
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