yea I have networking setup up only one thing you said hook the linux box to the modem does that mean I have to get rid f the router has I said I have all the computers running into the router will that still work . running into the router ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert C Wittig To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 6:38 AM Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] printsercer
dave fales wrote: > O I forgot one of your questions I connect via dsl that is the > fastest option we have were I am the only other option is cable and > the problem at least around here is every one in a block on cable > share a connection so if all your naibors have cable it is slower so > i hook up by dsl i have the modem then I have a wireless router the > wireless is only used for the laptop all the others are into the LAN > ports on the router only 2 of the computers use the net all the time > the two XP machines the 98 machine once in a while goes on line Ok, if you have a DSL modem, then setting up another machine with Linux should be pretty easy. Make sure you have a network interface card (NIC) installed in the linux machine and a cable connected from the NIC to a port on the DSL modem, and during the operating system installation, choose the DHCP option, so that Linux will contact your DSL modem for an IP address, and you should be automatically on-line. Then, to share printers and files, you can use Samba, which you can probably install during the OS setup, because most Linux distros have it as a choice on the installation CD's: http://us3.samba.org/samba/ If you have not already set up Windows Networking between your Windows boxes, you should do that first: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/default.mspx -- -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ . http://robertwittig.net/ . http://robertwittig.org/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
