Mark Nixon wrote:
I'm a newbie when it comes to LINUX networking. Bu I'm trying really
hard to learn. I'm not a newbie when it comes to computers, having loads
of experience with OS/2 and DOS, but that lies many years back. I have
*no* experience with LANS, and only an ordinary user's experience with
LINUX.
My topology: An ADSL router connected to a switch connected to my LINUX
COMPUTER and my wife's Windows ME computer, and occasionally my laptop
running Win XP Pro (necessary because of my work).
All I want to do is have my wife's computer share files.
I've been reading the "Red Hat Fedora Linux 3 Bible" and Googling the
Internet for some kind of step-by-step user guide to setting things up,
but to no avail.
I've managed to have my wife's computer see mine, as "localhost", but I
can't get any further. I'm totally lost.
I have lots of shares on my wife's computer, with which I have no
problems seeing when I connect my laptop running Win XP Pro.
I've been lurking her since my son, who services an international Linux
network for a large oil company, which shall remain nameless, gave me a
computer running Linux as a birthday gift. I'd ask him for help, but he
lives 30 km. away, and has just moved, and is busy unpacking. I was
hooked on Fedora, just as I'm hooked as OS/2, which I'll try to network
as soon as I get this basic stuff working.
Anyway, can anyone help me with a 1-2-3 user guide? Or a reference to
one. I'm stumbling around here with IP adresses, DHCP and all that. I'm
reading a lot, and understanding less.
Try this one:
http://www.brennan.id.au/
It's probably much more than you need, but should be of help.
Paul.
