[Tfug] connecting Linux machine to Windows workstation

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On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, rye wrote:

> Subtitle;
> Harry's busy but I'm not
> Question;
> I have installed linux (Ok, Debian if you must know)
> on our laptop. I do not know how to connect it to our home workstation. The
> Host (actually, the Hostess, it's my wife's machine) is Windows based. The
> modem is Cable. The connection between the machines is an ethernet cable.
> There's a nic card in the laptop..just a generic card.
> Is there anything else you need to know to help me out?

Are you going through a hub or just straight between those two comps? If
you're going straight between them, you'll need a crossover cable, unless
your laptop is an iBook.

Second thing is that you need to make sure both ethernet cards are
configured for your network, and that the machines can reach each other
(ping).

Now that that's out of the way, what do you mean by connect? Are you
trying to share files or share internet access? To share files from the
Windows to the Linux comp, you'll need to set up file sharing on the
Windows comp (and if the Windows comp is connected directly to the net,
that's a very bad idea), and then mount the share on your Linux box (read
the man page for mount or use a gui for setting it up. For file sharing
from Linux to Windows, read up on Samba.

If you're trying to share a connection, my recommendation is getting a
router. That can be a bit costly, though. The other solution would be
internet sharing on the Windows box (assuming your Windows box is the one
hooked up to the net), but I've never set that up and am not sure how.


- Yan