[wellylug] Linux/WinXP Networking
Ian Sterling
xyverz at gmail.com
Sun May 29 04:55:24 NZST 2005
Read the Samba HOWTO. You can do it either way, but I've found it
easier to use the linux box as the samba server.
--Ian...
On 5/27/05, Nick Jensen <nickspoon at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Can someone give me some tips for networking my Debian box with my
> Windows XP Home machine? I don't know a lot about networking from
> either direction, so I don't know whether I should be setting up the
> Debian box as a server with Samba and connecting to it from the
> Windows machine, or the other way around.
>
> I want to connect them so I can share files (I don't have a CD writer
> on the Linux box so I can't get anything off it) and so I can share an
> internet connection (dialup). While I can connect from Debian using
> pon I've never managed to get a robust connection - it disconnects as
> soon as there is a large amount of throughput.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick
>
>
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