On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 5:39 PM, chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > many thanks to all for you kindness and help. > I have samba installed, but only with default settings as I wouldn't > know where to start. > disk sharing is enabled with with the common partition on all machines. > > could you point me to where I would look for information on installing a > simple dns server on my main machine? > > I will alter the ip numbers as you and Nick have suggested and have a > play later to see what happens.
get it to the point where ping works before futzing around with other services. if basic networking isn't working then there is no point in the other services
