Connecting a Windows laptop to a Linux internal network

Hi There, I have an internal Linux network.  I want to add a Windows XP Professional laptop to this network so that I can share files.  I am using SAMBA on the Unix side and think I have the global and share sections of smb.conf set up correctly, though maybe not.  I tried to find the Lin

RE: [SPAM] Re: Internet Connection

: arden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:59 AM To: Ed Paris Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: [SPAM] Re: Internet Connection On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:15:21 -0700 "Ed Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi There, > > I had to

RE: [SPAM] Re: Internet Connection

Hi Johannes,   I have worked on /etc/network/interfaces and so will check to see if I messed up there.   Many thanks.   Ed   -Original Message- From: Johannes Wiedersich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:08 AM To: Ed Paris Cc: debian-user

RE: [SPAM] Re: Internet Connection

try to use the Linux box without going through the laptop and let you know shortly.   Many thanks.   Ed   -Original Message- From: arden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:59 AM To: Ed Paris Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: [SPAM] Re: Internet

Internet Connection

 Hi There, I had to reinstall Debian from my cd-rom.  In the earlier install (from the same cd-rom), I could connect to the Internet through my Windows XP laptop with no problem.  They are connected by a Cat5 Crossover cable between their Ethernet cards.  Now, after the reinstall, I canno

README files

 Hi There, I want to read the README.Debian.gz file.  I have tried to use vi and nano and all I get is gibberish.  How should I access this file in English?  Thanks. Take care, Ed

Eth0

Hi There, When I installed Debian on one computer in our network I got a note at the end of the installation that if I needed to revisit any settings that I should run the base-config program.  Well, I need to change the Eth0 net address on this system.  I had directly assigned the number

FW: DHCP Issue

. Many thanks. Ed Paris

FW: System set-up

_ From: Ed Paris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10:50 AM To: Debian Users Group Subject: System set-up Hello All, I am new to the Linux world and have a few questions. I currently have a small (miniscule) consulting group