[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> I have a cable modem and a small 4 port router hub.  I
> just plugged the cat5 from my lm8.2 machine, into the
> router/hub and mandrake was able to go one without a
> hitch (much easier than the win2k machine).  But I
> wanted the two machine to be able to share files.  I
> went through the samba config app (it said if you don't
> know what you are doing take the default - I took the
> default).  But now I can't get out to the internet.  My
> guess is that samba wants a static ip address not dhcp
> - just my guess.  So I think that part is setup dhcp
> and part is static and no part of the network works ( I
> have a netnowork setup appartenly).
> 
> Is this fixable so that I can get out using my little
> router?  Or should I try to go back to the way it was
> before setting up samba?


how many Network cards do you have in the box

and can you send a copy of your etc/smb.conf file? 

-- 
Mike McNeese

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