Networking

[Patrick Dunford]

Hi, I have a Linux machine that I want to connect to a Linux server and 
have access to directories on that server. I'm only familiar with how to 
set up Windows networking and Samba. So how do I set up a couple of 
machines in a Linux network? The server has DHCP running from Samba and 
will issue an IP address. Unless it's really easy to do, I should be 
able to bypass samba or do I need some other kind of server software if 
I'm not connecting to Samba shares?

I have to find out what kind of network card this machine has (Intel 
onboard I think) and run modconf to install a driver, what about the 
rest of the ethernet setup?

Also is it possible for a Linux machine to connect to a share on a 
Windows computer, what is used for this? This PC has only an 850 MB hard 
drive, and at present a base Debian install with no tasksel or dselect 
additional packages.