David wrote: > I haven't setup a local network in Linux since 7.2, but I sure don't > remember it being this hard. I can ping each computer from the other,.. > cannot connect to it, mount it, get samba ot nfs to do it for me either. > I can even get ifconfig and route to see it. >
How do yu want ifconfig see another computer? Or route for that matter? > Is there something similar to the iptables problem that Guillaume > Cottenceau mentioned for the internet sharing? This really needs to be > setup easier. I set it up in Windows no problem, plus there is plenty of > good info on the net for it. Seems like there are quite a few ways in > Linux, but can't get it to work. I remember using swat to setup samba > last time and mounted the other computer. Come to think of it, the other > computer had Windows on it at that time and has Linux now. Not sure if > that matters, it should be able to mount it. > Mount WHAT? To mount some resource (in any way) somebody or somthing has to provide (i.e. share) it. > Any one else having any troubles with a local network? Not sure what I > am doing wrong. > Nope, no problems. And I do not quite understand what your problem is (I am not sure what exactly are you doing). -andrej
