Thanks to everybody.  I have 2 amdk62 450 boxes and an old lightning
struck aptiva 510 boosted to about 75.   On one 450 I have a  12 gig
ide with w98 and an eight gig drive with RH 6.1 on it.  On the other
450 I have a 30 gig ide with both win98 and RH 6.1 on it.  On the
aptiva ( which I figure on setting up as a firewall box) there is a 15
gig harddrive with win98 and Rh 6.1 both on it.  All of the machines
dualboot to linux and win98 and are
connected by ethernet in both linux and win98.
     What I'm trying to do is learn how to setup the networks and
firewalls and to use samba.
Really I'm trying to learn as much about linux as I can.  My
programming skills are limited. Just have basic and advanced basic as
formal courses and have gone thru  the tutorials in microsoft c and
symantec c++ a couple of times.  I started with linux about a year ago
but have no formal training.
       Took a home study computer repair course a few years ago and
ended up building
all these computers.
        Thanks,
         Bill


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bret Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: ethernet commands


>
> "Billy R. Nordyke Sr." wrote:
>
> > Where do I find the commands to view files and other computers on
my
> > ethernet network?  I can ping each of the 3 computers from each
> > computer so I think its just my ignorance. I have read the ethernet
and
> > networking howtos but can't figure it out.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Bill
>
> This depends on what the other computers are.  If windows is the OS
on the
> other boxes, Samba is what you want.  You can set this up via
linuxconf.
> There is a lot of good documentation in /usr/doc/samba*.  The samba
suite
> allows a linux box to look like a Windows box to other windows boxes.
I
> use this at the office for our primary file server.  I think it can
also be
> used to mount windows drives (shares) on the linux box so you can see
them
> from linux but I have never tried it.
>
> I also use it to share printers.
>
> For Linux to linux you will want to look into nfs (network file
system).
> This requires you to "export" a file system making it available to
other
> machines and then mounting it on another llinx box.
>
> Another use of the network is to use a linux box as a firewall.  Then
all
> the machines on the network can use the linux box as a gateway to the
> internet thus providing connectivity to all machines or some subset
> depending on how you want to configure it.
>
> You can also run a local webserver and use a browser to navigate
around
> your other boxes to a certain extent.  The program to do this is
called
> apache and is far and away the most popular webserver on the
internet.
>
> You can telnet from a machine to your linux box and basically get a
command
> line session on the linux box from a remote one.
>
> Lots of stuff to play with and each requires a little configuration
but I
> have learned that the best way is pick something and wade into it.
>
> Give the list some more specifics on what the machines on your
network are
> and what you want to do and linux can probably do it.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Bret
>
>
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