At 09:46 AM 1/7/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Robert wrote: > > I have a couple of 8.1 Mandrake linux boxes which are currently networked > > client sever using DHCP and NFS. this topology is OK but what I would > prefer > > is a peer to peer net similar to a Windoze network where each machine > can act > > as server or client. Is this possible ? > >Robert, > >Yes! > > > if so How ? > >Samba is one approach, and the one I would recommend at this point in my >Linux sojourn. You'd need to set up a Samba server on each machine >(and, I guess, a Samba client, but maybe that comes almost automatically >if you set up Samba servers). So far, I have only used things like >smbclient and smbmount, I have not set up a Samba server. I watched >someone do it graphically on a RedHat 7.2 install and it seemed simple >enough -- never tried it myself and didn't catch all the details of what >he did. > >Randy Kramer
Randy, and et al, the owner of this tread is asking about a "peer to peer" network, and makes no mention of having a Windoze box on that network. Therefore, Samba is not an option. Samba is only for connectivity between UNIX (Linux) and a machine running some version of a Windows' OS. NFS is the way to go for a network consisting of Linux boxes. Robert, NFS can be set up to meet the needs you enumerated in your original post. As for as the network topology is concerned, you may change from a "client/server" network to a "peer to peer" network simply by changing some hardware. The only change would be to use a " cross-over" cable but why would you want to do this? Client/server networking is so much more efficient when compared to peer to peer networking. J. Craig Woods UNIX/NT SA -Art is the illusion of spontaneity-
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