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Bart, the issue is samba, having a Linksys firewall router doesn't matter unless you are attempting to share files to the internet. Samba will function nicely as a local file server to your LAN allowing Windows boxes' access to files on the Linux box and vice versa. The main steps to installing samba are to install the samba rpm, and configure samba with file /etc/smb.conf. There's a really good book: Integrate Linux Solutions Into Your Windows Network by some guy named Puryear. It's a good read. Also, you can goto www.samba.org and if you use a default class C network (192.168.1.x) for your LAN, you will find sample smd.conf examples to play with. It really not to hard to figure out however. Each command line of the smb.conf file is well commented. Generally, you need to allow each host in your LAN access in the hosts allow = line. Also Set: workgroup = Bob // create a name for your workgroup. server string = Bob's Samba Server // Your servers name Start samba with: /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start Check it out with: tail -100f /var/log/messages // look for smb messages, errors As for assigning Ip addresses, I like Linux's dhcp server of assigning ip's better than Linksys or others. Linux allows us to assign an ip to a specific MAC address. This is a good security tool and you have the benefit of knowing a IP for host. As Samba will allow only machines selected in the hosts allow = line, unless you enable all possible ip's ( not a bad choice for a small network like yours) dynamically assigning ip's will confuse the access control mechanism of the samba server. This should be a good start. Bob "Bart G. Denys" wrote: > Glad I'm not the only one :-) > > Share files...Seriously, the server issue is where my confusion started. I > don't comprehend who is serving in my configuration. Everything I read > assumes that the linux box is the "server" and everything else the "client". > How does this work if my router is at the center of my little network and > also acts as the IP address server ? > > Bart > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Jeff Crosby > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 6:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Samba and router > > I'm confused too. Exactly what is it you're trying to do? Use the linux > box as a samba server or just share files among all the computers? > > Jeff > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bart G. Denys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 6:41 AM > Subject: [brlug-general] Samba and router > > > I have a Linksys router/wireless connected to a cable modem at home with 3 > > Windows98 boxes, a Vaio laptop with wireless Linksys Card and a Mac > > powerbook G4 with airport card. Currently they all talk to each other. > > I am running Red Hat 7.3 on a 4th computer and am confused about where to > > start. > > I read all I could about Samba but really, when you don't know where to > > start it only gets more confusing. I tried to go the swat route, and > > although the interface is nice, it doesn't help me much with how and what > I > > am supposed to do. > > > > Bart > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Leche System Administrator Louisiana State University - Southern Regional Climate Center 260 Howe-Russell Building Baton Rouge, La. 70803 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 225 578 5023 ---------------------------------------------------------------- --------------E1DAD0CEFA8CDD86A981A821 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Bart, <br>the issue is samba, having a Linksys firewall router doesn't matter unless you are attempting to share files to the internet. Samba will function nicely as a local file server to your LAN allowing Windows boxes' access to files on the Linux box and vice versa. The main steps to installing samba are to install the samba rpm, and configure samba with file /etc/smb.conf. There's a really good book: Integrate Linux Solutions Into Your Windows Network by some guy named Puryear. It's a good read. <p>Also, you can goto www.samba.org and if you use a default class C network (192.168.1.x) for your LAN, you will find sample smd.conf examples to play with. It really not to hard to figure out however. Each command line of the smb.conf file is well commented. Generally, you need to allow each host in your LAN access in the hosts allow = line. <p>Also Set: <p>workgroup = Bob // create a name for your workgroup. <br>server string = Bob's Samba Server // Your servers name <p>Start samba with: /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start <br>Check it out with: tail -100f /var/log/messages // look for smb messages, errors <br> <p>As for assigning Ip addresses, I like Linux's dhcp server of assigning ip's better than Linksys or others. Linux allows us to assign an ip to a specific MAC address. This is a good security tool and you have the benefit of knowing a IP for host. As Samba will allow only machines selected in the hosts allow = line, unless you enable all possible ip's ( not a bad choice for a small network like yours) dynamically assigning ip's will confuse the access control mechanism of the samba server. <p>This should be a good start. <p>Bob <br> <p>"Bart G. Denys" wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Glad I'm not the only one :-) <p>Share files...Seriously, the server issue is where my confusion started. I <br>don't comprehend who is serving in my configuration. Everything I read <br>assumes that the linux box is the "server" and everything else the "client". <br>How does this work if my router is at the center of my little network and <br>also acts as the IP address server ? <p>Bart <p>-----Original Message----- <br>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [<a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>]On Behalf <br>Of Jeff Crosby <br>Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 6:59 AM <br>To: [email protected] <br>Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Samba and router <p>I'm confused too. Exactly what is it you're trying to do? Use the linux <br>box as a samba server or just share files among all the computers? <p>Jeff <br>----- Original Message ----- <br>From: "Bart G. Denys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <br>To: <[email protected]> <br>Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 6:41 AM <br>Subject: [brlug-general] Samba and router <p>> I have a Linksys router/wireless connected to a cable modem at home with 3 <br>> Windows98 boxes, a Vaio laptop with wireless Linksys Card and a Mac <br>> powerbook G4 with airport card. Currently they all talk to each other. <br>> I am running Red Hat 7.3 on a 4th computer and am confused about where to <br>> start. <br>> I read all I could about Samba but really, when you don't know where to <br>> start it only gets more confusing. I tried to go the swat route, and <br>> although the interface is nice, it doesn't help me much with how and what <br>I <br>> am supposed to do. <br>> <br>> Bart <br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________ <br>> General mailing list <br>> [email protected] <br>> <a href="http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net";>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net</a> <p>_______________________________________________ <br>General mailing list <br>[email protected] <br><a href="http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net";>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net</a> <p>_______________________________________________ <br>General mailing list <br>[email protected] <br><a href="http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net";>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net</a></blockquote> <pre>-- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Leche System Administrator Louisiana State University - Southern Regional Climate Center 260 Howe-Russell Building Baton Rouge, La. 70803 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 225 578 5023 ----------------------------------------------------------------</pre> </html> --------------E1DAD0CEFA8CDD86A981A821--
