On Dec 25, Kevin J Poorman wrote > Hi, > > I have a hypothetical situation ... and it's corrlaly questions... > > If I wanted to connect 2 debian machines together with ethernet cards ... > How would I set it up so that the 2 computers can share files and > printers... > > What if one of the machines was a windows machine...? > > What if they where both windows machines ? :) > > What protocols should I use ....
The common answer to each above is TCP/IP, and SMB. Windows machines (3.11 and better) will talk to each other using NETBEUI. Add TCP/IP as a protocol in windows. Under Linux, you should install samba, which will talk to your windows machines using SMB over TCP/IP, the same as an NT or 95 or 3.11 machine. To talk linux to linux, use NFS, and the lpr system can print to 'remote' printers on other *nix systems. Tim -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >> Tim Sailer (at home) >< Coastal Internet, Inc. << >> Network and Systems Operations >< PO Box 671 << >> http://www.buoy.com >< Ridge, NY 11961 << >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >< (516) 476-3031 << >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
