Hi you all! I hope this mail gets there. I am not subscribed to this list (I am however subscribed to several other LINUX lists such as linux-prog, etc.) and I only got this address thru some website! At home I have 5 PCs: -1- PII-350/64 running both RedHat 5.1 and Win98 -2- PII-333/128 running only Win98 -3- PII-300/64 running only Win98 -4- 486-100/8 running only RedHat 5.1 -5- 386-16/2 :) running only MS-DOS 6.20 (and my Borland Pascal 7 :-) I number them for easy reference. We (= my brother and I) have TCP/IP network between the first 3, and we will soon include -4-, as a gateway server to the internet, some harddisks, and a printer. This network of ours has been set up using the standard Win9x tools (= Network in the Confuiguration Panel), we use only a TCP/IP protocol, and "Client for Microsoft Networks" as only client. Our network cards are all NE2000 compatible (or so they say :) THE PROBLEM: Lately I always boot PC -1- in LINUX. But then I don't have access to our local home network! I have been trying stuff with netconf (part of linuxconf), with only bad results! My system now takes more than half an hour to boot (and this is the -1-!). That is just because it pauses while trying to start the SMB. It just hangs there doing nothing for half an hour, then it continues the booting secuence. I guess I did something wrong it my config, assigned a wrong server or something. HERE'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO: I would like to have access to the (Win98 based) TCP/IP network we have. I would like to be able to share directories with those Win98-only machines, if that is possible. I would like to use the shared directories on those machines. I want to be able to telnet from some Win98 machine in my network to my LINUX machine. Now I am not even able to ping them! BUT! None of the systems is always on! (-4- soon will take on that task :), so if the LINUX PC is the only one booted, it has to be able to work as a stand-alone LINUX machine as it does now. Thus it is not a constant network. I am mentioning this because I think that most files on this matter handle the setting up of a real client-server constant network! That is not the case here! QUESTION: Could you please give me as many info as possible. I would like very short steps: first, then.. if this is the case, do that... I am especially interested in what I do NOT have to configure (e.g. I don't think I need to include Router information,...) If I would really NEED a network server to do all this (<> Windoze9x), I would like to use -1- as server then as well (until -4- will replace it then) I am not a complete dummy or anything, I understand quite a lot, but the more detailed, the better :) TIA, - Tim Aerts (Out-4-Fun.com) _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
