--- Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The WinXP wizard for networking detected it's place > on my LAN (Netgear > router) automagically, setup for DHCP, and even > enabled File and Printer > Sharing without any of the screwing around I've had > to do in the past. > Only 1 reboot. <g> I was able to copy all the
The secret here is that you got XP Pro, which has full networking support. It can still get tricky. If the automatic settings don't work, manual configuration is a real dog and it will keep trying to go back to the automatic settings. XP Home edition has minimal networking support. It's a dog and should be banned from all computer systems, along with Windows ME, its close cousin. You can boot up with Knoppix and get the same kind of automatic networking and Samba support is built in. It has Linneighborhood installed and has almost always found other computers on the network for me. Gary __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
